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Re: [PATCH] Named address support for GCC 4.5


Michael Meissner <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 11:31:27PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Michael Meissner wrote:
>> 
>> > +/* Map an address space number into a name.  */
>> > +static const char *
>> > +spu_addr_space_name (addr_space_t addrspace)
>> > +{
>> > +  switch (addrspace)
>> > +    {
>> > +    case ADDR_SPACE_GENERIC:
>> > +      return "generic";
>> > +
>> > +    case ADDR_SPACE_EA:
>> > +      return "__ea";
>> 
>> Is generic meant to be a literal used in any language, as in this patch, 
>> or should it be translated, in which case as I read the code this should 
>> return _("generic")?
>
> Yes, it should be translated.

It is pretty much impossible to translate it properly without context.

Andreas.

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