[Freeciv-Dev] Re: I18n problems

[Zbigniew Chyla <cyba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Jeff Mallatt wrote:

> My only other question is whether or not to make the macro more robust.
> What happens if _() returns something that doesn't contain a colon?

Similar question: what happens if translator uses "%s" instead of "%d"?
You can't avoid translator's stupidity ;)

If you really want to be safe:

 #define __(s) ( i18n_tmp = strchr(_(s), ':') ? i18n_tmp + 1 : _(s) )
 (using global variable "char *i18n_tmp")

alternatively (calling strchr() twice):

 #define __(s) ( strchr(_(s), ':') ? strchr(_(s), ':') + 1 : _(s) )


Zbigniew Chyla