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Re: Redundant/mis-use of _(x) gettext macro?

Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> — 2026-05-18T05:26:41Z

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 10:14 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> wrote:
> >
> > On 2026-Apr-24, Peter Smith wrote:
> >
> > > OK. Including the comma within a larger translated string seems like a
> > > better idea.
> > >
> > > Since you now have the list `length`, I wondered why not simplify
> > > further to use list_nth indexing? Then you can remove
> > > `foreach_current_index` and `lc`.
> >
> > WFM.
> >
> > > Also, why did you choose to implement `last` versus `first` logic?
> > > e.g. How about this?
> >
> > >         {
> > >             if (first)
> > >                 appendStringInfo(dest, _("\"%s\""), pubname);
> > >             else
> > >                 appendStringInfo(dest, _(", \"%s\""), pubname);
> > >         }
> >
> > I don't know, it just seemed more natural.  The whole ", foo" style
> > simply feels weird to me.  It seems a matter of choice only though, so
> > if you feel strongly about this, I'm not opposed.
> >
>
> Personally, I prefer `first` logic because
> a) The length of the list is not required up-front
> b) At each iteration, the built string makes sense instead of always
> having a dangling ',' until the final iteration
>
> But it is not a big deal. This thread is about the translation part,
> so whatever way makes the most sense for translators is fine with me.
>

This thread has been inactive for about 5 weeks. AFAIK, everybody was
happy with the patch, and we were only debating if the translated
format string should have a leading comma or a trailing comma. Either
way is OK with me -- whatever way you think makes the most sense to a
translator.

What can I do to help the patch proceed to get pushed?

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Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia