Re: xgettext and parameter reordering

Christophe Chisogne wrote:
> printf(_("I have %1$d houses and %2$d euros"), 2, 2500)

Just for the records: Using "_" as the function name for gettext() has=20
two possibly negative effects:  The function will be globally visible=20
which is a not so obvious side effect.  I can't remember where this is=20
documented but I think the exact rule is that symbols the names of which =

consist of one single non-alphanumeric characters are always global.

Furthermore - as far as I remember - the underscore is the candidate for =

the concatenation operator (replaces the dot) in the future Perl 6.

For both reasons, I have decided to use a double underscore as a=20
shorthand to gettext() in libintl-perl.

Ciao

Guido
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