[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56320] [octave forge] (generate_html) literal '%' in 1st line produces failure

[Mike Miller]

Update of bug #56320 (project octave):

                  Status:                    None => Confirmed              

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Follow-up Comment #1:

>  This makes the package fails with matlab style docstrings.

Just a small correction, this bug has nothing to do with whether '#' or '%'
comment markers are used for the doc string. This has to do with a literal '%'
in the doc string text itself.

So this does not trigger this bug


function myfunc ()
%MYFUNC This is a simple function.
%
% This function does something.
...


But this does trigger this bug


function myfunc ()
%MYFUNC This is a 100% Simple function.
%
% This function does something.
...


specifically because '% S' is not a valid printf conversion specifier. If it
was a lower-case 's' it would be interpreted as '% s', which is valid, but of
course silently buggy in a different way.

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