From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:23:26 +0200 Message-ID: <868r2h5qch.fsf@gnu.org> References: <86bk7e79y5.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37448"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: basil@contovou.net, 69822@debbugs.gnu.org To: Adam Porter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 17 07:24:44 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwq-0009ar-7E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 07:24:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwZ-0007M3-1y; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwX-0007LG-32 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:24:25 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwW-0006b3-QS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:24:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rljx8-0006MG-1e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 69822 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 69822-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B69822.171065666024378 (code B ref 69822); Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 69822) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Mar 2024 06:24:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57543 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwR-0006L8-PU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:24:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:60416) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1rljwQ-0006Kv-6O for 69822@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:24:19 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rljvj-0006YV-8N; Sun, 17 Mar 2024 02:23:35 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=e3f7QzCzh08XvzAZBYfw7CFtF9DIidBjgJhaKBdFgwQ=; b=oxlCxyQhd0TMmHilnQm4 5o/N+qXgHY9iyJrZA1st02p+fcF9id+k3z9PMelaZ/i4nisszj9LXjGaIaarOOyLBMBkuZ3uBsV9H 7Fj/2j/Xk6tVeF6WSnNZpfvRw1ZEtECl30XGtuaYt3XK24E7fT4RkZaXNoKZA9+wfKeVK6yVYy6id dKiWYHQKqZiiIzaquS49BqLQfK33HbqajHcuRKsF0sFSxzHw25zmGGsvbRR5CrJYCH5FTE/xVmOnK 2LcdwO2isLjBu7N4XSIC+JokR3/utFo+VWoWC7/ESgSSYIbKbki6khoN9lqZfsGAfNZXapy1+pwme glRowc4p2xKsdg==; In-Reply-To: (message from Adam Porter on Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:281753 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500 > Cc: 69822@debbugs.gnu.org, "Basil L. Contovounesios" > From: Adam Porter > > 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.