0004837: The return value for Lexing.lexeme_end is incorrectly documented - MantisBT

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0004837

OCaml

OCaml documentation

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2009-07-16 14:21

2011-05-31 16:17

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rdr

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normal

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trivial

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closed

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fixed

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3.11.0

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3.13.0+dev

Summary

0004837: The return value for Lexing.lexeme_end is incorrectly documented

Description

In 12.2.5 of the Ocaml Reference Manual lexeme_end is documented as returning:

"... the absolute position in the input text of
the end of the matched string."

The offset returned is actually of the first character past the matched string. This is correctly documented in the documentation for the Lexing module.

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(0005026) doligez (manager) 2009-07-17 16:40	Actually, positions are not character offsets, they lie between characters. The position of the end of the substring is indeed the offset of the next character after the substring, which is also the position of the start plus the length of the substring. Still, we need to make the doc clearer about that.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-07-16 14:21	rdr	New Issue
2009-07-17 16:40	doligez	Note Added: 0005026
2011-05-31 16:17	doligez	Status	new => closed
2011-05-31 16:17	doligez	Resolution	open => fixed
2011-05-31 16:17	doligez	Fixed in Version	=> 3.13.0+dev

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