From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: sds@gnu.org
Cc: 52785@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 21:52:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8335mhsrv3.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lzh7axvlsr.fsf@3c22fb11fdab.ant.amazon.com> (message from Sam Steingold on Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:35:00 -0500)
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 14:35:00 -0500
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> /* Chop off everything after the first comma. */
> q = strchr (p, ',');
> full = make_string (p, q ? q - p : strlen (p));
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> The result is that when full name is specified in the system as
> "Steingold, Sam", `user-full-name' returns "Steingold".
>
> Are we really sure that this is still the intended behavior?
Yes, I think so.
> If yes, we might want to document it in the doc string and info.
Feel free to suggest a documentation patch.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-24 19:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-24 19:35 bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma" Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-12-24 20:04 ` Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-12-25 7:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
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