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

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 10:52 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de> wrote:
>
> 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 »"
>

OK. Thanks for your explanation.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia