On 2025-12-24 08:34, Ihor Radchenko wrote: >> how about ‘format’ in the manual text and we restore a footnote to >> explain the connection? > > Do you refer to > > -[fn:9] The printf reformatting is limited in precision because the > -value passed to it is converted into an "integer" or "double". The > -"integer" is limited in size by truncating the signed value to 32 > -bits. The "double" is limited in precision to 64 bits overall which > -leaves approximately 16 significant decimal digits. > > ? > I do not think that the removed footnote is useful -- it talks about > caveats of printf that do not apply to `format' (AFAIK).
Not the contents of the previous footnote, but a new one along the lines of: [fn:9] ~format~ is similar to ~printf~ in ~C~ and other languages, but can handle arbitrary-precision integers and other Elisp objects. Consult [[info:elisp#Formatting Strings]] and [[help:format]] for details. > Rather than describing the connection in a footnote, what about just > saying format (similar to ~printf~; see <ref to elisp#Formatting...>) That works too, I only suggested the footnote since there’s a similar reference in the next section “Formula syntax for Lisp” that could point to it. Best, -- Jacob S. Gordon [email protected] Please avoid sending me HTML emails and MS Office documents. https://useplaintext.email/#etiquette
