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Re: [Nmh-workers] 1.7's putnum drops data if too close to end of line?

2017-12-03 21:27:50
David Levine <levinedl@acm.org> writes:
Tom wrote:
What I'd expect to happen, and what did happen before 1.7, is that the
size information would be there and would just be truncated if it didn't
fit in the available output width.

The change was intentional, IIRC.  Better to truncate than show
part of a number.  The parentheses in your format would reveal it,
but without them, the output could be misleading with truncation.

Hm.  Is there a way to override that value judgment?

                        regards, tom lane

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