Re: Info definition line only starting with single hyphen?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0123@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:06:36 +0100
> 
> I saw this line had been added to NEWS:
> 
> . Info:
>   . Output a single hyphen at the start of a definition line
> 
> This change was in commit 3ee7ac39a8 (dated 2024-07-06, applied 2024-09-29).
> 
> The effect of this change is to have one hyphen rather than two:
> 
> - -- Library Function: int foobar (int F---OO, float B--AR)
> + - Library Function: int foobar (int F---OO, float B--AR)
> 
> I'm concerned whether this change to Info output for definition
> commands is necessary.  Wouldn't it be better just to leave this output
> alone as people will be used to having it with two hyphens?  Was it ever
> only one hyphen in the past (e.g. with Texinfo 4.13, before the Perl
> rewrite)?

I vote against arbitrary changes in output formats.