From 086b26f34368613caec44287505d3c6f0a6336a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:46:01 +0100
Subject: better document format code

add descriptions of:
    format op constants
    local vars
    code blocks
to generally make navigating the format code easier.
(Oh, and fix one incorrect indent).

No code changes.
---
 form.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

(limited to 'form.h')

diff --git a/form.h b/form.h
index 114d6d4475..7ddeb715ed 100644
--- a/form.h
+++ b/form.h
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 /*    form.h
  *
- *    Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004 by Larry Wall and others
+ *    Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2011 by Larry Wall and others
  *
  *    You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
  *    License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
  *
  */
 
-#define FF_END          0
-#define FF_LINEMARK     1
-#define FF_LITERAL      2
-#define FF_SKIP         3
-#define FF_FETCH        4
-#define FF_CHECKNL      5
-#define FF_CHECKCHOP    6
-#define FF_SPACE        7
-#define FF_HALFSPACE    8
-#define FF_ITEM         9
-#define FF_CHOP         10
-#define FF_LINEGLOB     11
-#define FF_DECIMAL      12
-#define FF_NEWLINE      13
-#define FF_BLANK        14
-#define FF_MORE         15
-#define FF_0DECIMAL     16
-#define FF_LINESNGL     17
+#define FF_END          0  /* tidy up, then return */
+#define FF_LINEMARK     1  /* start (or end) of a line */
+#define FF_LITERAL      2  /* append <arg> literal chars */
+#define FF_SKIP         3  /* skip <arg> chars in format */
+#define FF_FETCH        4  /* get next item and set field size to <arg> */
+#define FF_CHECKNL      5  /* find max len of item (up to \n) that fits field */
+#define FF_CHECKCHOP    6  /* like CHECKNL, but up to highest split point */
+#define FF_SPACE        7  /* append padding space (diff of field, item size) */
+#define FF_HALFSPACE    8  /* like FF_SPACE, but only append half as many */
+#define FF_ITEM         9  /* append a text item, while blanking ctrl chars */
+#define FF_CHOP         10 /* (for ^*) chop the current item */
+#define FF_LINEGLOB     11 /* process @*  */
+#define FF_DECIMAL      12 /* do @##, ^##, where <arg>=(precision|flags) */
+#define FF_NEWLINE      13 /* delete trailing spaces, then append \n */
+#define FF_BLANK        14 /* for arg==0: do '~'; for arg>0 : do '~~' */
+#define FF_MORE         15 /* replace long end of string with '...' */
+#define FF_0DECIMAL     16 /* like FF_DECIMAL but for 0### */
+#define FF_LINESNGL     17 /* process ^*  */
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