Re: [PATCH 02/15] tests: add GETTEXT_POISON to simulate unfriendly translator

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 21, 2011, 12:58 UTC
Message-ID: <20110221125810.GA18427@elie>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikCvaWOQaE8628RVeAsdizVBr3vHawjwKdVJK5N@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Ævar,

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> Why did you change this from "# GETTEXT POISON #" to "Malkovich"?

I forgot to mention that change in the cover letter --- thanks for a reminder.

> Do those tests still pass with this new string, and is there any
> reason to change this?

Yes, all the tests in this series still pass (on this machine, at least). Which is why I changed it --- it is a lot easier to explain having the '#' at the beginning and end of a magic string as part of a patch that would break tests without that change.

Of course the specific string is arbitrary. All caps sounds fine to me, too.

Hope that helps, Jonathan

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