Re: Use singular number when appropriate

From: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Use singular number when appropriate
Date: 2021-06-15 05:18:16
Message-ID: 20210615051816.bw2dcvaltxn2aowc@nol
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 04:59:24AM +0000, David Fetter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I thought about using the dual, but wasn't sure how many languages
> support it.

I don't think that you can assume that appending something will work in all
languages. Note that it also doesn't always work in english (e.g. this/these),
as seen in this inconsistent change:

- _(" %d of %d tests failed, %d of these failures ignored. "),

+ _(" %d of %d test%s failed, %d of these failures ignored. "),

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