From 6e037dc0453639c0c56c06f51ddafca051b1e925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 16:18:31 +0200
Subject: util.format: Change formatting of nil values to avoid looking like
 XML

---
 util/format.lua | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'util/format.lua')

diff --git a/util/format.lua b/util/format.lua
index d9d771ea..72f909b8 100644
--- a/util/format.lua
+++ b/util/format.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ local function format(formatstring, ...)
 			local option = spec:sub(-1);
 			if arg == nil then
 				args[i] = "nil";
-				spec = "<%s>";
+				spec = "(%s)";
 			elseif option == "q" then
 				args[i] = dump(arg);
 				spec = "%s";
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ local function format(formatstring, ...)
 		i = i + 1;
 		local arg = args[i];
 		if arg == nil then
-			args[i] = "<nil>";
+			args[i] = "(nil)";
 		else
 			args[i] = tostring(arg);
 		end
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