Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the meaning of leading "_" in gcc function calls?

[Jean-François Bilodeau]

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 
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

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the meaning of leading "_" in gcc function calls?

[Shawn H Corey]

On Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:47:50 -0400 (EDT)
"Robert P. J. Day"  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
> 

IIRC, it has something to done with gettext, a way of extracting text
from the source for translation. It puts the text in a separate file
which can be translated. Then the program can automatically load the
correct translation file for the user's locale.

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/ 

-- 
Don't stop where the ink does.

Shawn H Corey
___
Linux mailing list
Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca
http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux