> On Mar 26, 2024, at 11:21, Joseph Myers <josmy...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024, Qing Zhao wrote:
>
>>>> +@cindex @code{counted_by} variable attribute
>>>> +@item counted_by (@var{count})
>>>> +The @code{counted_by} attribute may be attached to the C99 flexible array
>>>> +member of a structure. It indicates that the number of the elements of
>>>> the
>>>> +array is given by the field named "@var{count}" in the same structure as
>>>> the
>>>> +flexible array member.
>>>
>>> You shouldn't use ASCII quotes like that in Texinfo (outside @code etc.
>>> where they represent literal quotes in programming language source code).
>>> You can say ``@var{count}'' if you wish to quote the name.
>> A little confused with the above..
>> So, what should I change in the above statement?
>
> I don't think you actually need quotes (or "named") at all; just
>
> the field @var{count}
>
> in place of
>
> the field named "@var{count}"
>
> would suffice.
Okay, I see. -:)
> But if you use quotes (for an English-language quotation,
> as opposed to when the quotes themselves are part of programming-language
> source code given in the manual), in Texinfo you should use ``'' rather
> than "".
Thanks for the explanation.
Qing
>
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