This is the mail archive of the gdb-patches@sourceware.org mailing list for the GDB project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: [RFA] Add _() to query


On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:48:26 +0100, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 02:39:29PM +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> > The standard for localized messages is _().  Making the localization more
> > magic makes the GDB project less viable for possible development newcomers.
> 
> I have trouble believing that.
> 
> I got this idea from GCC, which has used it for as long as I can
> remember.  If you pass --keyword=query, and use N_() inside the body
                                                  ^^^^ -> _() or gettext()
> of query, xgettext will localize all arguments to query in the entire
> program.
> 
> This is better for code size and for readability.

OK, understood but still I disagree with --keyword=query when considering its
pros and cons.


Thanks,
Jan


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]