From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil@contovou.net>, 69822@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a0d15612-c798-4e35-bc9f-a0fa19e688b8@alphapapa.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86bk7e79y5.fsf@gnu.org>
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-17 4:12 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 [this message]
2024-03-17 6:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
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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