Re: [Libvir] mark some diagnostics for translation

[Jim Meyering <jim meyering net>]

"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones redhat com> wrote:

> Jim Meyering wrote:
>> -        error (flags & REMOTE_CALL_IN_OPEN ? NULL : conn, VIR_ERR_RPC, "xdr_int (length word)");
>> +        error (flags & REMOTE_CALL_IN_OPEN ? NULL : conn, VIR_ERR_RPC, _("xdr_int (length word)"));
>
> +1 to the patch, but I wonder what translators will make of errors
> like the one above, particularly since the po file gives them almost
> no context to work with.

I agree in principle, but any clueful translator
will be using tools that can easily display code context
for the message they're considering.

E.g., run this: info gettext 'C sources'