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[PATCH 0/2] man-db: Better parsing of man macros.

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From: Sergey Trofimov <sarg <at> sarg.org.ru>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 77387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: [bug#77387] [PATCH 1/2] man-db: Parse man macro arguments better.
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 21:42:02 +0200

Hi Ludovic,

I've sent an amended series.

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> +             (in-string? #f))
>> +    (if (>= pos (string-length input))
>> +        ;; End of input
>> +        (unless in-string?
>> +          (reverse (if (null? current)
>> +                       tokens
>> +                       (cons (list->string (reverse current)) tokens))))
>
> So this procedure can return *unspecified*, right?  Sounds fishy.
>
Why is it fishy? Is it unconventional? Such return value is handled
correctly by the calling code (`match`).

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