Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Localise error headers

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Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Yes, I would think die_errno() is a no-brainer for translation, since
> the strerror() will be translated.
>
>>     apply.c:                die(_("internal error"));
>> 
>> That is funny, too. I think we should substitute that with
>> 
>>     die("BUG: untranslated, but what went wrong instead")
>
> Yep. We did not consistently use "BUG:" in the early days. I would say
> that "BUG" lines do not need to be translated. The point is that nobody
> should ever see them, so it seems like there is little point in giving
> extra work to translators.

In addition, "BUG: " is relatively recent introduction to our
codebase.  Perhaps having a separate BUG(<string>) function help the
distinction further?



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