[bug #59608] sample_docs.mom: error: an argument has a 'p' unit attached

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #59608 (project groff):

                  Status:            Works For Me => Invalid                

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Follow-up Comment #8:

I concur with Dave.

Ordinarily I'm a little more towards Bjarni's end of the spectrum when it
comes to Borglike assimilation of diagnostic messages to a common standard
down to the last jot and tittle, but mom has an important distinction from the
rest of the groff code base.

It's _maintained by its author_.

If Peter's diagnostic style is adequate for his user base then I am much less
inclined to meddle with it.  Reading through the exhibits Bjarni supplies, I
see little to alarm me.  The messages tell the user what is wrong, frequently
suggest a remedy, and are explicit about the formatter aborting when that
occurs.

When I stick my meddling fingers in other macro packages' diagnostic messages
it's often because I'm fixing some other bug that's been reported, and a
diagnostic that I have difficulty understanding is thrust in my face.  I then
curl my lip and grab my broom.

This is not the case with mom.  Peter is responsive to problem reports.

Thanks, Dave.  Setting status to Invalid per your observation.

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