GNU bug report logs - #13670
24.3.50; `autoload-generate-file-autoloads' off-by-one bug

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Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:04:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 13670 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13670: 24.3.50; `autoload-generate-file-autoloads' off-by-one bug
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:11:31 -0700 (PDT)

> If we make this change, then autoloads that want to have a single space
> at the start of the string (and use this syntax to do that) would then
> not have that space?

No.  See the bug report.  Only the first SPC should be used
as a separator.  If you want an initial SPC char included
then you use SPC SPC.

> Have you examined the sources to see whether that's potentially a
> problem?

No.  Do you see a problem with it?  Do you disagree that this
is a bug, regardless of whether you doubt the proposed solution?

How do you answer this from the bug report?

  if I am wrong that this is a bug, please explain
  how to get proper multiline doc strings.
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