[eric] linter: collapse the dangling-refs comments to one line each

backend/config/entity_references.py

@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ ENTITY_STORES: List[EntityStore] = [
     EntityStore(kind=EntityKind.SESSION, module="backend.apps.agents.manager.session.session_store", lookup="load_session_data"),
     EntityStore(kind=EntityKind.DASHBOARD, module="backend.apps.dashboards.dashboards", lookup="load"),
     EntityStore(kind=EntityKind.WORKFLOW, module="backend.apps.workflows.storage", lookup="get_workflow"),
-    # No get_run(run_id) exists; a run is found by scanning the listing, which is why a stale
-    # last_run_id reads as "no run" rather than as an error.
+    # No get_run(run_id) exists, so a run is found by scanning the listing; a stale last_run_id just reads as "no run".
     EntityStore(kind=EntityKind.WORKFLOW_RUN, module="backend.apps.workflows.storage", lookup="list_all_runs"),
     EntityStore(kind=EntityKind.OUTPUT, module="backend.apps.outputs.workspace_io", lookup="load_output"),
     # A workspace is a folder on disk, not a record, so its only by-id lookup is the read route.

linter/lint.py

@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ def run_checks(root: Path) -> tuple[list[str], list[str], list[str], list[str],
     underscore_errors = run_underscore_check(root, exceptions, excludes, ignores) if enabled.get("no-underscore-names", False) else []
     p_private_errors = run_p_private_check(root, exceptions, excludes, ignores) if enabled.get("p-private", False) else []
 
-    # Cross-entity id fields must name the entity they point at, so a dangling reference is a
-    # linter error at declaration time instead of a blank card six months later.
+    # A dangling reference becomes a linter error at declaration time, not a blank card six months later.
     dangling_ref_errors: list[str] = []
     if enabled.get("dangling-refs", False):
         try: