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From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 13:55:55 +1100
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Subject: Re: Redundant/mis-use of _(x) gettext macro?
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On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 10:52=E2=80=AFPM =C3=81lvaro Herrera <alvherre@kuril=
emu.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: =C2=BB%s=C2=AB"
> msgstr "opci=C3=B3n de compresi=C3=B3n no reconocida: =C2=AB%s=C2=BB"
> msgstr "option de compression inconnue : =C2=AB %s =C2=BB"
> msgstr "tidak dapat menentukan encoding untuk lokal =C2=AB %s =C2=BB : co=
desetnya adalah =C2=AB %s =C2=BB"
>

OK. Thanks for your explanation.

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia