code cleanliness bug

Tuomas Lukka lukka@fas.harvard.edu
Wed Dec 2 06:54:00 GMT 1998


> 
> EGCS folks:
>   I don't think that gcc/system.h should
>   #define _(String) String
> 
> Perl folks:
>   #define	_(args) args
> 
> 
> Interestingly enough, although you are using _ for two completely
> different things (egcs uses it in preparation for gettext), I got by
> happily with the same definition for both purposes.

You wouldn't if you lived in a non-English-speaking country, as then
you'd also have

	#define _(String) (gettext(String))

  Tuomas




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