It's GNU gettext, which is used to localize applications. The _() macro is used to loads a localize string.
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/index.html J-F On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > > currently digging through the git source code, and i'm seeing some > function calls of the form: > > if (size < len) > die(_("too-short tree file")); > > i'm ashamed to admit, i'm not sure what the above represents -- the > underscore embedded in that function call? what does it mean? > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- Jean-François Bilodeau Senior technical trainer / System developer 819-712-1020 www.chronogears.com _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
