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* [Bug manual/15748] New: Confusing or wrong cross-reference
@ 2013-07-17 10:36 rrt at sc3d dot org
2013-08-20 13:45 ` [Bug manual/15748] " allan at archlinux dot org
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From: rrt at sc3d dot org @ 2013-07-17 10:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15748
Bug ID: 15748
Summary: Confusing or wrong cross-reference
Product: glibc
Version: unspecified
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: manual
Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
Reporter: rrt at sc3d dot org
CC: mtk.manpages at gmail dot com, roland at gnu dot org
At the end of the section "Parsing of Floats" is the paragraph:
The GNU C Library also provides `_l' versions of these functions,
which take an additional argument, the locale to use in conversion.
*Note Parsing of Integers::.
The placing of the cross-reference implies that the `_l' versions of these
functions are documented in the referred-to section, but they are not (indeed,
no such functions are documented there). I can guess three reasons:
1. The cross-reference should be to another section. In that case, it should be
fixed.
2. Some documentation is missing in the section "Parsing of Integers". In that
case, it should be written.
3. The cross-reference does not refer to the immediately-preceding text, but is
a "see also" for the entire section, i.e., having read about parsing floats,
you may want to read about parsing integers. In that case, put the
cross-reference in a new paragraph, starting "See also", or whatever the
standard notation for standalone cross-references is in the glibc manual.
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* [Bug manual/15748] Confusing or wrong cross-reference
2013-07-17 10:36 [Bug manual/15748] New: Confusing or wrong cross-reference rrt at sc3d dot org
@ 2013-08-20 13:45 ` allan at archlinux dot org
2013-09-10 4:15 ` allan at archlinux dot org
2014-06-13 9:23 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
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From: allan at archlinux dot org @ 2013-08-20 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org> changed:
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CC| |allan at archlinux dot org
Assignee|unassigned at sourceware dot org |allan at archlinux dot org
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* [Bug manual/15748] Confusing or wrong cross-reference
2013-07-17 10:36 [Bug manual/15748] New: Confusing or wrong cross-reference rrt at sc3d dot org
2013-08-20 13:45 ` [Bug manual/15748] " allan at archlinux dot org
@ 2013-09-10 4:15 ` allan at archlinux dot org
2014-06-13 9:23 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
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From: allan at archlinux dot org @ 2013-09-10 4:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: glibc-bugs
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Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution|--- |FIXED
--- Comment #1 from Allan McRae <allan at archlinux dot org> ---
commit aa04af0078dafb6af40b1ee0ede140eedbf67c4f
Author: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Date: Tue Sep 10 14:12:10 2013 +1000
Clarify documentation cross-reference
The end of the "Parsing of Floats" subsection currently reads:
The GNU C Library also provides '_l' versions of these functions,
which take an additional argument, the locale to use in conversion.
*Note Parsing of Integers::.
Split the final note as it is unrelated to the above comment and
reference it with "See also" instead.
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* [Bug manual/15748] Confusing or wrong cross-reference
2013-07-17 10:36 [Bug manual/15748] New: Confusing or wrong cross-reference rrt at sc3d dot org
2013-08-20 13:45 ` [Bug manual/15748] " allan at archlinux dot org
2013-09-10 4:15 ` allan at archlinux dot org
@ 2014-06-13 9:23 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
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From: fweimer at redhat dot com @ 2014-06-13 9:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> changed:
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