Karthik Nayak <karthik....@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Karthik Nayak <karthik....@gmail.com>
>
> Add support for %(objectname:size=X) where X is a number.
> This will print the first X characters of an objectname.
> The minimum value for X is 5. Hence any value lesser than
> 5 will default to 5 characters.

Is the reason why you do not call this "abbrev" because you are
allowing it to truncate to a non-unique prefix?

If so, wouldn't it make more sense to treat this kind of string
function in a way very similar to your earlier "padright"?  I.e.
"%(maxwidth:5)%(objectname)" or something?

If not, and if this is really an abbrev, then it makes sense to make
it specific to the objectname, e.g. "%(objectname:abbrev=7)".
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