Re: [Groff] mdoc(7) interpretation differences (maybe groff bug)

[Werner LEMBERG]

> [...] i stumbled over a interpretation difference (full source
> attached):
> 
> source:
>   .It Fn at_quick_exit , Fn _atexit
>   groff and mandoc agree.
>   .It Fn at_quick_exit , _atexit
>   Only mandoc gets that right.
> 
> mandoc:
>      at_quick_exit(), _atexit()
>                      groff and mandoc agree.
> 
>      at_quick_exit(), _atexit()
>                      Only mandoc gets that right.
> 
> groff (1.22.3)
>      at_quick_exit(), _atexit()
>                 groff and mandoc agree.
> 
>      at_quick_exit(), _atexit
>                 Only mandoc (and mdocmx) gets that right.
> 
> From my understanding of the manual

Where have you read this?

> the latter is a valid form to mark "_atexit" as a .Fn, in which case
> the mdoc macros have a bug?

I would rather say the opposite: the comma ends the list of function
parameters of `Fn'.


    Werner