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From: Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
To: Peter Smith <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Redundant/mis-use of _(x) gettext macro?
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 13:52:02 +0200
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHut+Pvp7jYcaiZ3pXedXgLcWZWDBLXFUK05JtZpGv3Mj=UOjw@mail.gmail.com>

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 »"

-- 
Álvaro Herrera         PostgreSQL Developer  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
"In fact, the basic problem with Perl 5's subroutines is that they're not
crufty enough, so the cruft leaks out into user-defined code instead, by
the Conservation of Cruft Principle."  (Larry Wall, Apocalypse 6)

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