| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Serguei A(dot) Mokhov" <mokhov(at)cs(dot)concordia(dot)ca>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Fully enabling NLS in pg_ctl |
| Date: | 2004-06-10 17:28:46 |
| Message-ID: | 200406101928.46453.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Serguei A. Mokhov wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 23:31:42 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> > I have added the setting of local calls to the top of pg_ctl.c. I
> > did not localize ".", nor:
> >
> > printf("%s (PostgreSQL) %s\n", progname, PG_VERSION);
> >
> > This does not change based on locale, and none of our other
> > applications adjust this for locale.
>
> Maybe not the printf() above, but the "." is different in Chinese ;-)
> (I'm not arguing for these changes).
You're right. Even things like parentheses and colons require
translation in general. But the version string never changes as a
matter of principle, so that it is machine-readable.
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