> On 3 Sep 2026, at 14:49, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 03.09.26 13:29, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>>> On 3 Sep 2026, at 12:47, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Fix lack of message pluralization
>> Maybe I'm daft, but why is the message below pluralized since the %d 
>> parameter
>> is the same?
> 
> Do you mean the parameter is constant?

Right.

> This is correct, but we have some precedent to pluralize these kinds of 
> things anyway.  Several reasons:
> 
> - Translators shouldn't have to look into the source code what the actual 
> value is.  (Or, in this case, even beyond the actual source code.)
> 
> - Maybe tomorrow someone changes this to PG_UINT16_MAX, and then it might 
> have to be translated differently.
> 
> - Not in this specific case but in general: You might have the same message 
> in different contexts but with different numbers.

Makes sense, thanks for explaining!

--
Daniel Gustafsson



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