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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs #14027

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@nattelog nattelog commented Jul 1, 2017

Add clarification to the documentation on util.format() and console.log()
regarding how excessive arguments are treated when the first argument is
a non-format string compared to when it is not a string at all.

Fixes: #13908

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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
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Add clarification to the documentation on util.format() and console.log()
regarding how excessive arguments are treated when the first argument is
a non-format string compared to when it is not a string at all.

Fixes: nodejs#13908
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vsemozhetbyt commented Jul 1, 2017 •
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Thank you!

Maybe we should note about typeof, as functions are objects, while inspect() is not called for them.

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nattelog commented Jul 1, 2017

Of course, that's true.

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vsemozhetbyt commented Jul 1, 2017 •
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And maybe we can combine the two adjacent mentions about objects and symbols so it would not be in some way surplus.

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doc: combine mentions on excessive arguments
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Rephrased how excessive arguments to the format string are concatenated.

Fixes: nodejs#13908
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vsemozhetbyt pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 4, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
f2149d4 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
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Landed in f2149d4

@nattelog Thank you for your contribution!

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nattelog commented Jul 5, 2017

Awesome!

addaleax pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 11, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
751bb5e 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
d4a6ca6 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Fishrock123 pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jul 19, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
1ff5aea 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 15, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
06657b1 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 15, 2017
@nattelog @MylesBorins
doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
95ca4ac 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 15, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
ce28385 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 16, 2017
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doc, util, console: clarify ambiguous docs
7f6f1c2 
Add clarification to the documentation on util.format()
and console.log() regarding how excessive arguments are treated
when the first argument is a non-format string
compared to when it is not a string at all.

PR-URL: #14027
Fixes: #13908
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
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