From 14c8fc3e345a664d02f61833a761f23fdf58f65f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Triska Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 10:01:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] move ~w to least prominent position, point to more suitable specifiers In particular, "~q" is a safe better choice. --- src/lib/format.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/lib/format.pl b/src/lib/format.pl index 6f5bac92..0c6fa2db 100644 --- a/src/lib/format.pl +++ b/src/lib/format.pl @@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ % FormatString are used literally, except for the following tokens % with special meaning: % -% | `~w` | use the next available argument from Arguments here | % | `~q` | use the next argument here, formatted as by `writeq/1` | % | `~a` | use the next argument here, which must be an atom | % | `~s` | use the next argument here, which must be a string | @@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ % | `~Nn` | N newlines | % | `~i` | ignore the next argument | % | `~~` | the literal ~ | +% | `~w` | format like `write/1` would; consider using `~q`, `~d`, etc. | % % Instead of `~N`, you can write `~*` to use the next argument from % Arguments as the numeric argument. -- 2.54.0