Re: Make message strings in fe-connect.c consistent

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>
Cc: Postgres Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Make message strings in fe-connect.c consistent
Date: 2023-04-21 04:31:01
Message-ID: 3269965.1682051461@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im> writes:
> When reviewing a recently committed patch [1] I noticed the odd usage
> of a format specifier:

> + libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "invalid %s value: \"%s\"",
> + "load_balance_hosts",
> + conn->load_balance_hosts);

> The oddity is that the first %s is unnecessary, since the value we
> want there is a constant. Typically a format specifier used to get the
> value stored in a variable.

This is actually intentional, on the grounds that it reduces the
number of format strings that require translation.

> There's just one exception to this pattern, though.

>> libpq_append_conn_error(conn, "invalid require_auth method: \"%s\"",
>> method);

Yup, this one did not get the memo.

regards, tom lane

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