Re: Question regarding empty msgid

[Peter Landgren]

Den Friday 15 October 2010 21.26.03 skrev Eric Blake:
> On 10/15/2010 05:16 AM, Peter Landgren wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If I do (in python):
> > print gettext("")
> > that is sending an empty string to gettext. This is not the normal, but
> > can happen by mistake.
> > 
> > The header from the current *.mo file is printed.
> > 
> > Is this to be regarded as a bug?
> 
> The only bug in this case is the fact that you tried to translate the
> empty string.  gettext() is documented as requiring a non-empty string,
> and by passing an empty string, you are violating the contract.

Yes, I understand that. We have taken care of this situation in our program 
now, but we was a little 
confused when it popped up.

Thanks for the info.

Peter Landgren