From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel
Subject: RE: RFC: String interpolation
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 16:24:32 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <3a563cfe-0e73-4105-8b06-b35f44fa034d@default>
References: <51825111-ace4-f750-4077-026a3b648d27@gmail.com>
	<8737hwnc52.fsf@lifelogs.com> <m34m2bj2m2.fsf@gnus.org>
	<8c117f5c-209a-97d8-79ce-a78f707f0545@gmail.com>
	<m3wpf7hjzf.fsf@gnus.org>
	<76c9c475-0180-aa49-3d4a-006d4e3f943c@gmail.com>
	<m3oa0ifgvd.fsf@gnus.org>
	<m2k2b6rxaj.fsf@gmail.com> <m38trmdun6.fsf@gnus.org>
	<jwvr35dub31.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org>
	<m3r35dcwht.fsf@gnus.org>
	<89a6a20d-e135-caad-6b31-760ab7ac90fc@cs.ucla.edu>
	<87fultkjte.fsf@lifelogs.com>
	<3ff9e7e4-aee7-191e-5e3b-4d4ac0006a1f@cs.ucla.edu>
	<9e138d20-782d-2a56-75f8-37e3fa1885df@cs.ucla.edu>
	<E1cGr5w-0000yZ-0w@fencepost.gnu.org>
	<4e9c0a7e-2d44-5fc7-79d8-7b19758fef01@cs.ucla.edu>
	<m3vaun4c62.fsf@gnus.org>
	<ab263415-9c3a-6c2d-afd1-7e135a88355d@cs.ucla.edu>
	<m2d1gvtloj.fsf@newartisans.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1481675126 11927 195.159.176.226 (14 Dec 2016 00:25:26 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:25:26 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
To: John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 14 01:25:21 2016
Return-path: <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17])
	by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
	(envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1cGxNp-0002FQ-7m
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:25:21 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44756 helo=lists.gnu.org)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>)
	id 1cGxNt-0005Fk-CW
	for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:25:25 -0500
Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56171)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <drew.adams@oracle.com>) id 1cGxNC-00056i-Mj
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:24:43 -0500
Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <drew.adams@oracle.com>) id 1cGxN9-0006cQ-J4
	for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:24:42 -0500
Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:18128)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32)
	(Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <drew.adams@oracle.com>)
	id 1cGxN9-0006aK-9d; Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:24:39 -0500
Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74])
	by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with
	ESMTP id uBE0OYiI023288
	(version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK);
	Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:24:34 GMT
Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75])
	by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uBE0OX8v016045
	(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256
	verify=OK); Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:24:33 GMT
Original-Received: from abhmp0012.oracle.com (abhmp0012.oracle.com [141.146.116.18])
	by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id uBE0OXDX022154;
	Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:24:33 GMT
In-Reply-To: <m2d1gvtloj.fsf@newartisans.com>
X-Priority: 3
X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1  (1003210) [OL
	12.0.6753.5000 (x86)]
X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]
X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic]
	[fuzzy]
X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69
X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21
Precedence: list
List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." <emacs-devel.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-devel@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel>,
	<mailto:emacs-devel-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" <emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:210428
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/210428>

> What if we did something a little more implicit:
>=20
> For a format string, the number of occurrences % in that string determine=
s
> how many arguments it "consumes". Once that many arguments have been
> consumed, the process restarts.

See also http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/a-few-format-recipes.html.