GNU bug report logs - #47712
27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>

Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 47712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47712: 27.1; Provide `string-display-width` function, which takes properties into account, `substring-width`
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:13:53 +0200

On 4/12/21 7:09 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Cc: 47712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Daniel Mendler <mail <at> daniel-mendler.de>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 16:36:05 +0200
>>
>> One may still discuss the implementation of a
>> `substring-width` API which generalizes `string-width`.
>>
>> (defun string-width (s)
>>     (substring-width s 0 (length s)))
>>
>> (defun substring-width (s a b)
>>     (string-width (substring s a b)))
> 
> Why not simply extend string-width to accept 2 optional arguments?

I agree, that is better.
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