Subject: bug#24407: closed (Re: bug#24407: 24.5; doc of `format')

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Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:59:02 +0000

Your bug report

#24407: 24.5; doc of `format'

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#24407: 24.5; doc of `format'
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:58:18 +0300
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:20:25 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
> 
> The Elisp manual doc for `format' (node Formatting Strings) looks OK.
> But the doc string has this bug:
> 
>   where flags is [+ #-0]+, width is [0-9]+, and precision is .[0-9]+
> 
>                                   must be a literal `.' here ^

Yes, using a period in a regexp-like expression is confusing, when we
mean a literal period.

> The precision part should be this (or equivalent): "[.][0-9]+", not
> ".[0-9]+".

But this is not the best solution.  I opted for telling that precision
is a literal period followed by [0-9]+ instead.

Thanks, fixed on master.

Subject: 24.5; doc of `format'
From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 15:20:25 -0700 (PDT)
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

The Elisp manual doc for `format' (node Formatting Strings) looks OK.
But the doc string has this bug:

  where flags is [+ #-0]+, width is [0-9]+, and precision is .[0-9]+

                                  must be a literal `.' here ^

The precision part should be this (or equivalent): "[.][0-9]+", not
".[0-9]+".

In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'