Re: [PATCH] mmap.2: ffix

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Hi, Alex!

At 2022-02-27T18:09:51+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > @@ -289,8 +289,7 @@ Note that older kernels which do not recognize the
> >  .BR MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE
> >  flag will typically (upon detecting a collision with a preexisting mapping)
> >  fall back to a "non-\c
> > -.B MAP_FIXED\c
> > -" type of behavior:
> 
> Branden, why is that?  Is a leading '"' special here?

Nope.  I think you correctly surmised what the original input was doing.

> > +.BR MAP_FIXED "\(dq type of behavior:"
> 
> I'll apply a slightly simpler patch (removing \c):
[...]
> -fall back to a "non-\c
> -.B MAP_FIXED\c
> -" type of behavior:
> +fall back to a
> +.RB \(dqnon- MAP_FIXED \(dq
> +type of behavior:

This is indeed an improvement.  your change should make no _visible_
change to the rendered document.

I wouldn't use \(dq, though--these quotation marks are for prose, not
code.  I would use left and right double quotation marks.

fall back to a
.RB \(lqnon- MAP_FIXED \(rq
type of behavior:

Regards,
Branden

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