Re: [PATCH 00/11] [RFH] Introduce support for GETTEXT_POISON=rot13

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jan 13, 2021, 07:32 UTC
Message-ID: <X/6h+8UC6N1MfZ0Q@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqa6te3per.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 11:50:52AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > Likewise, I'm not sure that one can reliably rot13 an output for
> > test_i18ncmp. It could contain mixed translated and untranslated bits
> > from different messages.
> 
> As long as <rot13>...</rot13> marking can be trusted (and it cannot
> be, but if we declare it is OK to punt, then by definition we can),
> I think the messages can be compared.

Good point. I should have looked at the implementation more carefully before responding (and I agree that while not foolproof, tagging like that would work OK in practice).

-Peff

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