From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19975: 25.0.50; Add %s-like descriptor to `format' that treats nil like empty string Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:10:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87shy3f2fg.fsf@gnus.org> References: <8368a437-5e9c-42e1-8add-f1275553c27a@default> <874mq47jlt.fsf@igel.home> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462036303 8527 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 17:11:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19975@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 19:11:31 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQU-0003UM-6m for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:11:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59058 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQQ-000612-2y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:11:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52728) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQH-0005ms-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:11:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQ5-0004KX-LK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:11:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45866) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQ5-0004Jg-Hu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:11:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awYQ2-0001NB-Fv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:11:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:11:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19975 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19975-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19975.14620362165207 (code B ref 19975); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:11:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19975) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 17:10:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58200 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awYPI-0001Lv-38 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:10:16 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:58773) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awYPG-0001Ln-LA for 19975@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 13:10:15 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awYPE-0004iw-27; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 19:10:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874mq47jlt.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:44:46 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117391 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab writes: > Drew Adams writes: > >> Enhancement request. Add a new format descriptor to `format' that would >> behave just like %s except that a nil argument would be treated as if it >> were "". > > It's easy enough to use (or foo ""). Yes, I don't think that we want to clutter up the `format' language with something as special as this. Closing. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no