From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#71856: 30.0.50; string-pad length vs width Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:52:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1055"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: 71856@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 03 03:53:22 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpBS-000AYw-1F for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 03 Jul 2024 03:53:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpBB-00017v-HF; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:53:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpB8-000165-Na for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:53:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpB6-0000JD-NP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:53:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpB7-0001bJ-RJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 71856 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 71856-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B71856.17199715526095 (code B ref 71856); Wed, 03 Jul 2024 01:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 71856) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Jul 2024 01:52:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38221 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpAe-0001aF-3e for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:51223) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1sOpAa-0001Zz-Ue for 71856@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2024 21:52:31 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id BF2B4443060; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 21:52:20 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1719971539; bh=pUu+3oaLWWwKNCP0QvP6gG1VQJFxc/xg7GYZ1BWgcgQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=bmSe/8okU2ncVE6yBzujhgM70C7TIsf88JcYq8rdPf0Wd7xBIfdMLP7vsRrH+KBJA sKUYryL2MNwNzP/o1gSfFZafUXOL192lgvaXezz4kKGTfnz7ao6ULIoq6bEYdHQJeo MqqFIGxIe0XAoxAdo7jw6fn65geadG012+x+MnmyQJXkX7VpTmTXFPHTEmw09NY5eW bjoZ8n5ZhJ0c0JEYdi/LpbYp9is+qNbOF59Cr8TwZZepd2Wlosob4r/XfJuPuEZ2EV y5pDiwqGQTxJM4xA4w09owuNyUuwQXeukBnxXNakG6Hhej2OjrBQnR6C3dGhh2Sz3O MI7XjwlhYHpGA== Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 75FDA4413D6; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 21:52:19 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from pastel (unknown [45.72.245.253]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3EB6E120B88; Tue, 2 Jul 2024 21:52:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Kangas's message of "Wed, 3 Jul 2024 01:29:26 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:288303 Archived-At: >> Is it just we or we should `s/length/width/` on the doc&code of >> `string-pad`? AFAIK counting codepoints rarely makes sense (unless >> those code points have width==1, of course). >> Same for `string-fill`. > I think that makes sense. Thanks. >> I'd usually assume it was an oversight, but the doc keeps repeating >> "length" enough times (and it's right next to `string-limit` which >> insists it's about length). > > Could this have been an oversight there also? No, this one is definitely done on purpose: for actual width, we already have another function and `string-limit` explicitly refers to it. [ Maybe the `coding-system` arg of `string-limit` should be mandatory, since it seems to be the most important use-case, tho. ] Stefan