On 2014-03-07 10:17:21 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Andres Freund escribió:
>
> > fprintf(stderr,
> > - _("%s: could not identify system: got
> > %d rows and %d fields, expected %d rows and %d fields\n"),
> > - progname, PQntuples(res),
> > PQnfields(res), 1, 3);
> > + _("%s: could not identify system: got
> > %d rows and %d fields, expected 1 row and 3 or more fields\n"),
> > + progname, PQntuples(res),
> > PQnfields(res));
>
> Please don't change this. The reason these messages use %d and an extra
> printf argument is to avoid giving translators extra work when the
> number of rows or fields is changed. In these cases I suggest this:
>
> > - _("%s: could not identify system: got
> > %d rows and %d fields, expected %d rows and %d fields\n"),
> > - progname, PQntuples(res),
> > PQnfields(res), 1, 3);
> > + _("%s: could not identify system: got
> > %d rows and %d fields, expected %d rows and %d or more fields\n"),
> > + progname, PQntuples(res),
> > PQnfields(res), 1, 3);
>
> (Yes, I know the "expected 1 rows" output looks a bit silly. Since this
> is an unexpected error message anyway, I don't think that's worth
> fixing.)
I changed it to not use placeholders because I thought "or more" was
specific enough to be unlikely to be used in other places, but I don't
have a problem with continuing to use them.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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