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[SCM] GNU M4 source repository branch, branch-1.4, updated. v1.4.13-4-gc


From: Eric Blake
Subject: [SCM] GNU M4 source repository branch, branch-1.4, updated. v1.4.13-4-gcd172d9
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:36:21 +0000

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- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit cd172d932ce467b2c592eb9a603962b280aa0570
Author: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Jun 25 06:32:15 2009 -0600

    Fix description of limits on diversions.
    
    * doc/m4.texinfo (Diversions): Fix grammar.  Be less pessimistic
    about limitations.
    * THANKS: Update.
    Reported by Elias Benali.
    
    Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog      |    8 ++++++++
 THANKS         |    1 +
 doc/m4.texinfo |    9 ++++-----
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e675616..1a8a7c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-06-25  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
+
+       Fix description of limits on diversions.
+       * doc/m4.texinfo (Diversions): Fix grammar.  Be less pessimistic
+       about limitations.
+       * THANKS: Update.
+       Reported by Elias Benali.
+
 2009-06-17  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        Update to latest gnulib.
diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 7fc3c63..949322a 100644
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Dan Jacobson          address@hidden
 David J. MacKenzie     address@hidden
 David Perlin           address@hidden
 Elbert Pol             address@hidden
+Elias Benali           address@hidden
 Erez Zadok             address@hidden
 Eric Allman            address@hidden
 Eric Backus            address@hidden
diff --git a/doc/m4.texinfo b/doc/m4.texinfo
index 1c5230a..48aa74e 100644
--- a/doc/m4.texinfo
+++ b/doc/m4.texinfo
@@ -5090,17 +5090,16 @@ time.
 
 @cindex @env{TMPDIR}
 Numbered diversions are counted from 0 upwards, diversion number 0
-being the normal output stream.  The number of simultaneous diversions
-is limited mainly by the memory used to describe them, because @acronym{GNU}
+being the normal output stream.  @acronym{GNU}
 @code{m4} tries to keep diversions in memory.  However, there is a
-limit to the overall memory usable by all diversions taken altogether
+limit to the overall memory usable by all diversions taken together
 (512K, currently).  When this maximum is about to be exceeded,
 a temporary file is opened to receive the contents of the biggest
 diversion still in memory, freeing this memory for other diversions.
 When creating the temporary file, @code{m4} honors the value of the
 environment variable @env{TMPDIR}, and falls back to @file{/tmp}.
-So, it is theoretically possible that the number and aggregate size of
-diversions is limited only by available disk space.
+Thus, the amount of available disk space provides the only real limit on
+the number and aggregate size of diversions.
 
 @ignore
 @comment We need to test spilled diversions, but don't need to expose


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