* bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
@ 2021-12-24 19:35 Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sam Steingold @ 2021-12-24 19:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 52785
Hi,
Since at least 1996-12-08 (3415b0e9d2a), user-full-name has had the
following code:
--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?
If yes, we might want to document it in the doc string and info.
Thank you.
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* bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
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
2021-12-24 20:04 ` Sam Steingold
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-12-24 19:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sds; +Cc: 52785
> 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.
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* bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
2021-12-24 19:52 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-12-24 20:04 ` Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sam Steingold @ 2021-12-24 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 52785
> * Eli Zaretskii <ryvm@tah.bet> [2021-12-24 21:52:16 +0200]:
>
>> 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.
Why?
>> If yes, we might want to document it in the doc string and info.
>
> Feel free to suggest a documentation patch.
Sure, as soon as I understand the reason for this behavior (because it
has to be included in the doc!)
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* bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
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
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Schwab @ 2021-12-24 20:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sam Steingold; +Cc: 52785
See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field>.
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* bug#52785: 29.0.50; user-full-name: "Chop off everything after the first comma"
2021-12-24 20:04 ` Sam Steingold
2021-12-24 20:22 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2021-12-24 20:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-12-24 20:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sds; +Cc: 52785
> From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
> Cc: 52785@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 15:04:38 -0500
>
> >> 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.
>
> Why?
Because we have been doing that since 1996.
> > Feel free to suggest a documentation patch.
>
> Sure, as soon as I understand the reason for this behavior (because it
> has to be included in the doc!)
It doesn't. (I could hypothesize about the reasons, but I'd rather
not.)
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