code that could be improved

[Roland Illig <roland dot illig at gmx dot de>]

Hi,

I'm currently translating gcc-3.4-b20040206 into German. Here is a list
of things I don't like in the current code:

- various quoting techniques: `foo', 'bar', "baz".
  => please use `foo' consistently
- inconsistent usage of `member' and `field'
  => does a struct have `field's or `member's?
  => What about unions?
  => What about C++ classes?
- some message patterns could be simplified for translation.
  for example "invalid %%f value" and "invalid %%H value" will
  always be translated with just replacing "f" by "H", won't it?
  So the code should look like

      sprintf(foo, "invalid %%%c value", 'f');

But there are also things I was happy to see:

- the new format for command line options using "-switch\tdescription"

I'll continue this list while translating further.

Roland