From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
Cc: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Potential to_char localization bug |
Date: | 2006-11-27 20:20:19 |
Message-ID: | 200611272020.kARKKJ207264@momjian.us |
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > > Peter Eisentraut skrev:
> > > > case 4:
> > > > m = _("May");
> > > > break;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Haven't thought of a fix yet.
> > >
> > > A common way is to use something of the form
> > >
> > > m = _("S:May") + 2;
> > >
> > > and a comment above (that is copied to the .po file) explaining that the
> > > S: should be in the translated string as well.
> >
> > OK, I am ready to admit I am lost. What is the problem here?
>
> The problem is that "May" is both a month name, and the shorthand for a
> month name. So there is no way to determine which is which for the
> translation machinery. (Incidentally I noticed that what I proposed
> doesn't fix the problem, in fact it doesn't work at all).
Thanks, I get it now. ;-)
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