[Bug c++/18248] c_parse_error i18n problems

[gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu  2004-10-31 10:44 -------
Subject: Re:  New: c_parse_error i18n problems

"jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| c_parse_error combines a string passed in with another part of a
| sentence.  Combining sentence fragments cannot work with i18n.  The
| source code must contain all the full sentences output even though this
| bulks up the source by needing 8 different "expected .. before ..." in the
| error function call for every parser error: only that way can all the
| sentences be translated properly.  Making each call pass eight arguments
| rather than one is fortunately a fairly mechanical change, as the new
| arguments are derived from the existing one in a fixed way.

Notice that in all the cases where the sentences are combined, the
parts all come from string lietrals.  There ought to be a way to have
the compiler build those (kind of compile-time introspection facilities).

-- Gaby


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