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[PATCH] seconds-to-string-approximate

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Message #54 received at 71572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>, 71572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jonas <at> bernoul.li,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#71572: [PATCH] seconds-to-string-approximate
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 13:16:32 -0400

> On Jul 4, 2024, at 11:59 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: JD Smith <jdtsmith <at> gmail.com>
>> Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 11:27:41 -0400
>> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
>> 71572 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>> Adam Porter <adam <at> alphapapa.net>,
>> jonas <at> bernoul.li
>> 
>>> The second item sounds like a useful feature, so maybe an optional
>>> behavior could provide it as well?
>> 
>> I've expanded the call format to (delay &optional readable abbrev half) , with READABLE='expanded an option to get the "1 hour 11 min" expanded format, i.e. one larger and one smaller unit (if appropriate).  Patch below.
> 
> Still no documentation...

It seems sensible to finalize the design before documenting.  Where do you think the documentation should go?

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