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Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2 |
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Fri, 6 Nov 1998 06:46:18 -0500 (EST) |
> On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 05:15:20PM -0400, Michael T. Smith wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Webmaster Jim wrote:
> > > *) I'm using gettext() rather than _() since the latter gives a warning
> > > under BSD. I don't consider this a bug, per se.
> > I'm curious as to what the warning is... _() is a lot quicker to type than
> > gettext() and takes up less space so we'd be more likely to get people to
> > use it. Maybe _G() would work too (_T() is used by Win32 for
> > unicodization).
>
> I considered using _(), but it seems to interfere with macros used
> for allowing non-K&R function prototypes in the BSD world. If someone
> wants to code for Lynx, they should be able to type gettext() around
> strings. It does add a few bytes to the source with the side-benefit of
> increasing clarity of intent.
it's a reserved symbol in some compilers (including g++).
don't use symbols beginning with _, anyway (they're usually reserved for
standard library implementations).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
address@hidden
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
- lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/03
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, dickey, 1998/11/04
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/04
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, dickey, 1998/11/04
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/05
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/05
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2,
dickey <=
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, David Combs, 1998/11/06
- Re: lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/07
- lynx-dev Re: International version up to 2.8.1rel.2, james_spath, 1998/11/09