From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
Cc: basil@contovou.net, 69822@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:23:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <868r2h5qch.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a0d15612-c798-4e35-bc9f-a0fa19e688b8@alphapapa.net> (message from Adam Porter on Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500)
> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500
> Cc: 69822@debbugs.gnu.org, "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil@contovou.net>
> From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
>
> Hi Eli, Basil,
>
> On 3/16/24 05:22, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
> > I don't understand why you consider it a bug. According to the doc
> > string (see below)...
> >
> > So I don't think I agree that there's a bug here to begin with. The
> > doc string of format-spec says:
> >
> > The width and truncation modifiers behave like the corresponding ones
> > in ‘format’ when applied to %s.
>
> Thanks, now I understand.
>
> Should I close the bug, or do you think the docstring should be changed
> to help clarify this?
If there's something in the doc string that is unclear, please tell
what that is, and let's by all means try to find ways to clarify that.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-17 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-16 2:28 bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate Adam Porter
2024-03-16 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-03-17 4:12 ` Adam Porter
2024-03-17 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-03-17 12:11 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2024-03-18 1:16 ` Adam Porter
2024-03-21 9:52 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2024-03-21 10:47 ` Adam Porter
2024-03-21 11:03 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2024-03-23 13:59 ` Adam Porter
2024-03-16 10:35 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
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