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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org, ghostanarky@gmail•com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] status: disable translation when --porcelain is used
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:29:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqior8dke6.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq38iczrr4.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:47:43 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:

>> diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
>> index a452407..e55e5b9 100644
>> --- a/wt-status.c
>> +++ b/wt-status.c
>> @@ -1509,19 +1509,23 @@ static void wt_shortstatus_print_tracking(struct wt_status *s)
>>  		return;
>>  	}
>>  
>> +	const char *gone   = s->no_gettext ? "gone"   : _("gone");
>> +	const char *behind = s->no_gettext ? "behind " : _("behind ");
>> +	const char *ahead  = s->no_gettext ? "ahead "  : _("ahead ");
>
> Having to repeat the same string constant twice (and a half for the
> variable name) each is an eyesore.  I wonder if we can do better,
> perhaps with:
>
> #define LABEL(string) (s->no_gettext ? (string) : _(string))
>
> and then
>
> 	color_fprintf(s->fp, header_color, LABEL(N_("gone")));
>
> or something along those lines?

I first thought about trying something clever with the preprocessor, but
since it's only for 3 strings, I went the KISS way. I tend to prefer my
version for simplicity, but no strong opinion here.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  reply	other threads:[~2014-03-21  8:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-03-20 10:31 Bug? git status --porcelain --branch is translated Anarky
2014-03-20 12:12 ` [PATCH] status: disable translation when --porcelain is used Matthieu Moy
2014-03-20 17:47   ` Junio C Hamano
2014-03-21  8:29     ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2014-03-21 17:38       ` Junio C Hamano

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