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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ABOUT-GCC-NLS b/gcc/ABOUT-GCC-NLS index e6e15271c6a..b0919d1b2ac 100644 --- a/gcc/ABOUT-GCC-NLS +++ b/gcc/ABOUT-GCC-NLS @@ -5,19 +5,16 @@ Some work remains in other areas; for example, GCC does not yet allow non-ASCII letters in identifiers. Not all of GCC's diagnostic messages have been internationalized. Programs -like `enquire' and `genattr' (in fact all gen* programs) are not -internationalized, as their users are GCC maintainers who typically need -to be able to read English anyway; internationalizing them would thus -entail needless work for the human translators. Messages used for -debugging, such as used in dumped tables, should also not be translated. +like `genattr' (in fact all gen* programs) are not internationalized, as +their users are GCC maintainers who typically need to be able to read +English anyway; internationalizing them would thus entail needless work for +the human translators. Messages used for debugging, such as used in dumped +tables, should also not be translated. The GCC library should not contain any messages that need internationalization, because it operates below the internationalization library. -Currently, the only language translation supplied is en_UK (British -English). - Unlike some other GNU programs, the GCC sources contain few instances of explicit translation calls like _("string"). Instead, the diagnostic printing routines automatically translate their arguments. |