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Re: [...] deprecated use of "\v"
- From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg at justemail dot net>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:23:01 +0200
- Subject: Re: [...] deprecated use of "\v"
- References: <20070827221906.8744B4D04CC@magilla.localdomain>
Roland McGrath wrote:
> The point is that the \v separator is part of the argp functions'
> interface. Ours are only some uses of that interface you've
> happened to notice. The translation tools should help
> translators serve what the code actually needs, not encourage
> them to harras the code maintainers about their code choices.
Harass? You mean as in "disturb, bother, pester, attack, persecute,
or torment"? Come on! I just pointed out a coding inconsistency,
and provided a patch to handle identical situations in an identical
way. Isn't that allowed any more? Sure, it's pedantic. But
harassment? Hrrm!
> gettext can write something to inform translators that \v is
> special here and must be preserved.
Okay, that seems doable, even without writing messages in a special
way.
Benno