On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:08:46AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 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?
Yes, I think so. I have often been tempted to dump core on BUGs for
further analysis. You can do that by string-matching "BUG:" from the
beginning of a die message, but it's kind of gross. :)
-Peff