Re: Redundant/mis-use of _(x) gettext macro?

On 2026-Apr-01, Peter Smith wrote:

> Hi.
>
> As originally reported [1] in the EXCEPT (TABLE ...) thread, I felt
> the _() gettext macro is mis-used when it contains nothing but a
> quoted format string.

No, you feel wrong -- this is necessary so that the translator has
control over the quoting style of a list of items. Not all translations
use double quoting. Some examples from different language files:

msgstr "unbekannte Komprimierungsoption: »%s«"
msgstr "opción de compresión no reconocida: «%s»"
msgstr "option de compression inconnue : « %s »"
msgstr "tidak dapat menentukan encoding untuk lokal « %s » : codesetnya adalah « %s »"

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