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bug #48872: msgfmt.exe doesn't show format specification error in msgstr[0]

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 23 Aug 2016 04:08:25 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Translator tools Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Open

Sun 28 Aug 2016 05:06:14 PM UTC, comment #1: 

To clarify: the submitter originally posted this as a Poedit bug (see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/poedit/vlEQ55jdabo/zGAwYanLBQAJ).

It’s fine that msgfmt -c doesn’t complain about the lack of {selnum} in msgstr[0] (singular). That’s of course desirable, because some languages strongly prefer to express “1 something” without using the “1” number.

What isn’t fine is that it doesn’t complain about other errors such as the above example {selnum123}, which are unrelated to this singular special case. The error given (lack of selnum) for msgstr[1] is misleading, but if you use “{selnum} {selnum123} of {maxnum}" instead, you get the expected "a format specification for argument 'selnum123' doesn't exist in 'msgid_plural’”… That’s something that should be reported for singular translations & msgid as well.

Vaclav Slavik <vslavik>
Tue 23 Aug 2016 04:08:25 PM UTC, original submission:  

I have following code in test.po file:

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#: test.py:8
#, python-brace-format
msgid "[{selnum} of {maxnum} object selected]"
msgid_plural "[{selnum} of {maxnum} objects selected]"
msgstr[0] "[{selnum123} von {maxnum} Objekt selektiert]"
msgstr[1] "[{selnus} von {maxnum} Objekten selektiert]"
========================================================

{selnum123} in msgstr[0] shows no format specification error from 'msgfmt.exe' if you run with option '--check'.

The same problem, if:
msgstr[0] "[{selnum} {selnum123} von {maxnum} Objekt selektiert]"

If you use a wrong specification in msgstr[1] its raise an error properly. Also if you work without plural.


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