On 11/03/11 13:50, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/11/2011 02:32 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>> A recent change to dd in coreutils triggered this issue,
>>> which is avoided with the attached.
>>
>>> sc_unmarked_diagnostics:
>>> @grep -nE \
>>> '\<error *\([^"]*"[^"]*[a-z]{3}' $$($(VC_LIST_EXCEPT)) \
>>> - | grep -v '_''(' && \
>>> + | grep -Ev '(_|ngettext )\(' && \
>
> Don't we recommend the use of N_() rather than spelling out ngettext ()?
N_ usually means, mark for translate; but don't use this position.
ngettext is for choosing a plural form.
>
>>
>> Then wondered if we should be more permissive in what we filter out,
>> perhaps by allowing 0 or more spaces between ngettext and the following "(":
>>
>> | grep -Ev '(_|ngettext *)\(' && \
>
> If we're going to look for raw ngettext, why not also look for raw
> gettext, or even d?c?n?gettext?
I guess we should support dgettext and dcgettext too.
