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Subject: Re: Unexpected behavior of format-number with format-prompt
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> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:51:24 +0100
> 
> > I think we're better off documenting the idiosyncrasy in the
> > `read-number' docstring as Eli suggested.
> 
> That's certainly the path of least risk, though I can't think of a
> plausible use where my patch would result in duplication in the prompt
> string.

Maybe so, but it's just too kludgey to my palate, sorry.