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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2008-07-03 02:49:54 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2008-07-03 02:49:54 +0000
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Update source code comment about when to use gettext_noop().
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/c.h b/src/include/c.h
index d8fa1d25d20..51e6216f7c6 100644
--- a/src/include/c.h
+++ b/src/include/c.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/c.h,v 1.228 2008/06/24 17:58:27 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/c.h,v 1.229 2008/07/03 02:49:54 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@
#endif
/*
- * Use this to mark strings to be translated by gettext, in places where
- * you don't want an actual function call to occur (eg, constant tables).
+ * Use this to mark string constants as needing translation at some later
+ * time, rather than immediately. This is useful for cases where you need
+ * access to the original string and translated string, and for cases where
+ * immediate translation is not possible, like when initializing global
+ * variables.
+ * http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/gettext/Special-cases.html
*/
#define gettext_noop(x) (x)