Re: example macro prototype is somewhat malformed

[Patrice Dumas]

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 08:13:08AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/13/2014 06:54 AM, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote:
> > On
> > https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/m4/manual/m4-1.4.17/html_node/Manual.html#Manual
> > 
> > the example macro prototype is somewhat malformed:
> > 
> > ===
> > 
> > Composite: example (string, [count = ‘1’]
> > 
> >     [argument]This is a sample prototype. There is not really a macro
> 
> Thanks for the report.
> 
> > In the first line, [argument] fell off the line, there is no closing paren.
> 
> I'm suspecting a bug in texinfo (hence the added cc); this is the source
> code for that line:
> 
> @deffn Composite example (@var{string}, @dvar{count, 1}, @
>   @address@hidden)
> This is a sample prototype.  There is not really a macro named

What is the definition of @dvar and @ovar?  Alternatively, you can cut
and paste what is output with -E.

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Pat