error message simplifications requested by deraadt@

[mandoc.git] / TODO

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ************************************************************************
 * Official mandoc TODO.
-* $Id: TODO,v 1.303 2020/06/22 18:00:30 schwarze Exp $
+* $Id: TODO,v 1.307 2020/10/26 13:30:46 schwarze Exp $
 ************************************************************************
 
 Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ Many issues are annotated for difficulty as follows:
 Obviously, as the issues have not been solved yet, these annotations
 are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 
+************************************************************************
+* assertion failures
+************************************************************************
+
+- .if n .ce in the middle of .TS data
+  afl case f1/id:000103,sig:06,src:009024+009105,op:splice,rep:2 (jes@)
+  While roff_parseln() prevents .ce and similar requests in the middle
+  of a tbl, the guard is no longer effective when the .ce is wrapped
+  in a roff block, for example a conditional.  The resulting assertion
+  has never been seen in any real-world manual page.
+  This is too dangerous to fix before release because it requires
+  reorganizing the very delicate internals of roff_parseln(),
+  which risks causing more severe bugs.
+  loc * exist *** algo *** size * imp *
+
 ************************************************************************
 * missing features
 ************************************************************************
@@ -95,6 +110,11 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
   need special handling because it is sometimes used for certain
   delimiters, so it may need handling *after* roff.c rather than before.
   reminded by John Gardner 16 Jun 2020 14:26:28 +1000
+  Actually, more ASCII control characters than just 0x07 may need
+  later handling because they can for example be used in macro names.
+  So they may need handling after roff(7) processing.
+  pointed out by John Gardner 23 Jun 2020 18:28:08 +1000
+  more info from John Gardner 29 Jun 2020 19:54:04 +1000
   loc **  exist **  algo **  size **  imp *
 
 --- missing mdoc features ----------------------------------------------
@@ -502,6 +522,10 @@ are mere guesses, and some may be wrong.
 * warning issues
 ************************************************************************
 
+- shorten/simplify error messages for usage errors
+  To: deraadt@ 25 Oct 2020 23:37:01 +0100
+  loc **  exist *  algo *  size **  imp ***
+
 - warn about duplicate .Sh/.Ss heads
   gre(4): Rename duplicate sections 20 Apr 2018 15:27:33 +0200
   loc *  exist *  algo *  size *  imp **