Follow-up Comment #10, bug #67711 (group groff):

At 2025-11-17T16:55:31-0500, Dave wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #8, bug #67711 (group groff):
>
> [comment #5 comment #5:]
>> then we would not see this output (groff Git HEAD).
>
> Yeah, I don't know how else to explain why this output makes sense.
> You're setting a flag on Fred, then querying the parameters of Barney,
> and are surprised when your query doesn't show a property of Fred.

Barney contains Fred.  That's what Werner said Fred was for.  (Moreover,
I submit, Barney exists _only_ as a container, and has no properties of
his own, apart from a name.)


*  The new `class' request assigns a short name to a set of characters
   which can be referred to in the `cflags' request.  This is especially
   useful to control line-breaking and hyphenation rules in CJK
   languages.


>
>> It is simply a shorthand for lists of characters.
>
> Nothing about either the way it works, or the results of your .pchar
> experiment, supports this premise.

The wording of Werner's NEWS item does.  Maybe we need to consult him.

> I still agree the documentation could be clearer about this.

Oh, aye, said the dwarf in a Scottish accent, but then you knew that
because all fantasy dwarves speak with Scottish accents because the
genre has a lot of originality.



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