bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Eli Zaretskii [2024-03-17 08:23 +0200] wrote:

>> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 23:12:16 -0500
>> Cc: 69822@debbugs.gnu.org, "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil@contovou.net>
>> From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
>> 
>> Hi Eli, Basil,
>> 
>> On 3/16/24 05:22, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 
>> > I don't understand why you consider it a bug.  According to the doc 
>> > string (see below)...
>> > 
>> > So I don't think I agree that there's a bug here to begin with.  The 
>> > doc string of format-spec says:
>> > 
>> > The width and truncation modifiers behave like the corresponding ones
>> > in ‘format’ when applied to %s.
>> 
>> Thanks, now I understand.
>> 
>> Should I close the bug, or do you think the docstring should be changed 
>> to help clarify this?
>
> If there's something in the doc string that is unclear, please tell
> what that is, and let's by all means try to find ways to clarify that.

How about this for now?

0001-Clarify-description-of-format-spec-truncation.patch
Description: Text Data

I don't know why I added 'and precision' to the description of '<' but
not '>' in:

  Fix and extend format-spec (bug#41758)
  0185d76e742 2020-06-18 12:46:21 +0100
  https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=0185d76e742

Thanks,
-- 
Basil