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authorBruce Momjian2008-07-03 02:49:54 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2008-07-03 02:49:54 +0000
commit345a3e3493e64d651107ec63940618e78ab81c09 (patch)
treea4a95fe6cafe7f0f102a8e0fbaa5e8176a8e096a
parentc3ca775e3f983d21746ad0ea9ff1b33872c01352 (diff)
Update source code comment about when to use gettext_noop().
-rw-r--r--src/include/c.h8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/include/c.h b/src/include/c.h
index 6fb48c6979..2087c537da 100644
--- a/src/include/c.h
+++ b/src/include/c.h
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@
#endif
/*
- * Use this to mark strings to be translated by gettext, in places where
- * you don't want an actual function call to occur (eg, constant tables).
+ * Use this to mark string constants as needing translation at some later
+ * time, rather than immediately. This is useful for cases where you need
+ * access to the original string and translated string, and for cases where
+ * immediate translation is not possible, like when initializing global
+ * variables.
+ * http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/gettext/Special-cases.html
*/
#define gettext_noop(x) (x)