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Diffstat (limited to 'roff.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | roff.7 | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.15 2010/12/06 16:37:32 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.16 2010/12/10 20:58:56 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 6 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 10 2010 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ string interpolation syntax described below .Sx ds , but this is rarely useful because every macro definition contains at least one explicit newline character. +.Pp +In order to prevent endless recursion, both groff and +.Xr mandoc 1 +limit the stack depth for expanding macros and strings +to a large, but finite number. +Do not rely on the exact value of this limit. .Ss \&dei Define a user-defined .Nm |