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commit 1aa75be9fc6e3c50f097942bc89b4c808c086731
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 27 01:55:13 2026 -0500
pic(1): Clarify delimiter nesting behavior.
This is okay:
if x == 1 then { if y == 7 then { x = 3 } } else { x = 5 }
So is this:
if x == 1 then X if y == 7 then Y x = 3 Y X else X x = 5 X
This isn't.
if x == 1 then X if y == 7 then X x = 3 X X else X x = 5 X
---
src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man b/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
index 9c9cec1e0..f6b943470 100644
--- a/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ accept delimiters,
shown in their synopses as braces
.BR "{ }" .
.
-Nesting of braces is supported.
-.
Any other characters
(except a space,
tab,
@@ -480,6 +478,10 @@ or newline)
may be used as alternative delimiters,
in which case the members of a given pair must be identical.
.
+Delimiters can nest;
+delimiter pairs other than braces must be distinct if nested.
+.
+.
GNU
.I pic \" GNU
recognizes double-quoted strings within delimiters of either kind;
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