GNU bug report logs - #354
"Added (how many lines, bytes?!) to file.txt"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:30:07 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 354 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kb1vqh <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#354: "Added (how many lines, bytes?!) to file.txt"
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 11:24:30 -0700

On 04/01/2017 08:55 PM, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> +           (build_string ("%s %d characters of `%s'"),
> +            build_string (NUMBERP (append) ? "Updated"
> +                          : ! NILP (append) ? "Added"
> +                          : "Wrote"),

This should use AUTO_STRING instead of build_string. Also, follow the 
old code and use just one string (a format) instead of two, as it's more 
important to use idiomatic English than to save a few bytes in the Emacs 
executable.
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