Checking format specifiers (Was: Re: Support for %d$c format specifier in diagnostics.c)

Wolfgang Bangerth bangerth@ices.utexas.edu
Mon Jul 21 23:23:00 GMT 2003


> The ideal place for that script would be at the Translation Project when
> it accepts translations from translators.

Yes. I must admit that I'm totally at a loss why they don't already have 
something like that.

> from the GCC
> perspective, right before a new release when the RM has just checked
> updated translations in to the branch is the worst possible time for bad
> translations to break bootstrap.

Right. On the other hand I'm not sure whether checking in a broken translation 
that will generate Segfaults on errors is a better alternative. This is just 
as if someone would just check in code without running the testsuite.

W.

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