Re: clarity of @xref warning

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Kevin Ryde <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:23:39 +1000
> 
> The incorrect @xref usage in foo.texi below provokes
> 
>       foo.texi:2: warning: `.' or `,' must follow @xref, not `)'.
> 
> For a long time I thought this meant the "*Note" would come out
> invalid, or something.

That's exactly what happens: the produced reference is invalid in its
form, and some Info readers choke on it.  The fact that the reader you
used didn't is sheer luck.