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Re: i18n/l10n summary


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: i18n/l10n summary
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 22:18:08 -0700
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Thanks for that patch: it's a good move forward for i18n. Some suggestions:

* Today I fixed the bug with "%%" and the 'error' function, so there's no need for a FIXME or a workaround any more.

* In strings.texi, reorder the format spec description so that it matches the textual order of a format spec. This should lessen confusion.

* Allow field numbers in a %% spec. All other components of a format spec are allowed in %%, so odd to report an error for just field numbers.

* There is no need for a special diagnostic for field numbers greater than PTRDIFF_MAX. Just use the same diagnostic other too-large field numbers use. This avoids a need for an alloca.

* Reword "Invalid field number `0'" to "Invalid format field number 0" to make it more obvious that it's a format and there's no need to quote the 0.

Proposed further patch attached (it addresses the above points), along with a copy of your patch rebased to current master for convenience.

Attachment: 0001-Implement-field-numbers-in-format-strings.patch
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Attachment: 0002-Minor-improvements-to-format-field-numbers.patch
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