Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] Provide counted_by attribute to flexible array member field (PR108896)

[Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024, Qing Zhao wrote:

> >> +@cindex @code{counted_by} variable attribute
> >> +@item counted_by (@var{count})
> >> +The @code{counted_by} attribute may be attached to the C99 flexible array
> >> +member of a structure.  It indicates that the number of the elements of the
> >> +array is given by the field named "@var{count}" in the same structure as the
> >> +flexible array member.
> > 
> > You shouldn't use ASCII quotes like that in Texinfo (outside @code etc. 
> > where they represent literal quotes in programming language source code).  
> > You can say ``@var{count}'' if you wish to quote the name.
> A little confused with the above..
> So, what should I change in the above statement?

I don't think you actually need quotes (or "named") at all; just

  the field @var{count}

in place of

  the field named "@var{count}"

would suffice.  But if you use quotes (for an English-language quotation, 
as opposed to when the quotes themselves are part of programming-language 
source code given in the manual), in Texinfo you should use ``'' rather 
than "".

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com