Re: [Bug-gnulib] 4-gary-version-etc-full-author-string.patch

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>
> > > c) Let the translator translate
> > >         "Written by %s, %s, and %s.\n"
> > >   and   "Written by %s, %s, %s, and %s.\n"
> > >   and at runtime interpolate between the two translations. Like this:
> > >
> > >        str3 = _("Written by %s, %s, and %s.\n");
> > >        str4 = _("Written by %s, %s, %s, and %s.\n");
> > >        common_prefix = compute_common_prefix (str3, str4);
> > >        str3_suffix = str3 + strlen(common_prefix);
> > >        str4_suffix = str4 + strlen(common_suffix);
> > >        if (endswith (str4_suffix, str3_suffix))
> > >          {
> > >            one_element_format =
> > >              xstrndup (str4_suffix, strlen(str4_suffix) -
> > > strlen(str3_suffix)); final_format_string =
> > >              concatenate (common_prefix,
> > >                           (N - 3) times one_element_format,
> > >                           str3_suffix);
> > >            ...
> > >          }
> > >        else
> > >          /* Use a fallback, possibly just the English thing.  */
> >
> > Ick.  Not this one!
>
>
> Why?

I had to read it twice, very carefully, to figure out what was going on.  It 
seems like a whole lot of code too.

However, considering the options, I think this is the best solution after all.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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