bug#69822: [PATCH] format-spec pads when it should only truncate

[Adam Porter]

Hi Eli, Basil,

On 3/16/24 05:22, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I don't understand why you consider it a bug.  According to the doc 
> string (see below)...
>
> So I don't think I agree that there's a bug here to begin with.  The 
> doc string of format-spec says:
>
> The width and truncation modifiers behave like the corresponding ones
> in ‘format’ when applied to %s.

Thanks, now I understand.

Should I close the bug, or do you think the docstring should be changed 
to help clarify this?