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rewritten. The format controls ~p and ~w are replaced with
~P and ~W, respectively, and the value is used as the depth
parameter. For details, see
- <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">io:format/2</seealso>
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-2">io:format/2,3</seealso>
in STDLIB.</p>
+ <p><c>chars_limit</c> is a positive integer representing the
+ value of the option with the same name to be used when calling
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:io#format-3">io:format/3</seealso>. This
+ value limits the total number of characters printed bu the
+ formatter. Notes that this is a soft limit. For a hard
+ truncation limit, see option <c>max_size</c>.</p>
+
<p><c>max_size</c> is a positive integer representing the
maximum size a string returned from this formatter can
- have. If the formatted string is longer, it will be
- truncated.</p>
+ have. If the formatted string is longer, after possibly
+ being limited by <c>depth</c> and/or <c>chars_limit</c>, it
+ will be truncated.</p>
<p><c>utc</c> is a boolean. If set to true, all dates are
displayed in Universal Coordinated Time. Default