Re: Comment processing behavior when using line breaks in PHP

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

Steven wrote in
<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gettext/2021-04/msg00006.html>:
> I'd like to clarify if there may be a bug (or feature) when processing 
> translator comments within PHP code that contains a line break (Unix style - 
> LF) before the first function argument (which is valid PHP syntax).
> 
> For example, given the following PHP file (Filename: test.php, Unix line 
> breaks, UTF-8 encoding):
> 
>   <?php
>   /// TRANSLATORS: Test comment
>   _(
>   'Test');
> 
> If we run the following command (using Windows 10):
> 
>   .\xgettext.exe -L PHP --add-comments=TRANSLATORS: test.php
> 
> ...the resulting messages.po output file is missing the translator comment:
> 
>   #: test.php:5
>   msgid "Test"
>   msgstr ""
> 
> However, if we modify the PHP file (test.php) to the following:
> 
>   <?php
>   /// TRANSLATORS: Test comment
>   _(''.
>   'Test');
> 
> ...and run the same xgettext command, the resulting messages.po output file 
> now contains the comment:
> 
>   #. TRANSLATORS: Test comment
>   #: test.php:4
>   msgid "Test"
>   msgstr ""
> 
> We expected the comment to appear in the first messages.po file, given the 
> first PHP file uses valid PHP syntax.

Thanks for reporting this. The issue has been addressed through documentation:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gettext.git;a=commitdiff;h=911ad043076c777c712f4d85b05d34a94661badf

Bruno