# Re: \[PATCH\] gettext: remove optional non-standard parens in N\_() definition

- From: Jeff King \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-02 09:13:53 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/09/7901076
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2021/06/7893315/t.md

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On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 01:25:52PM +0200, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> I don't care how this lands exactly, but thin (eye of the beholder and
> all that) that the commit message above is better. Carlo: Feel free to
> steal it partially or entirely, I also made this a "PATCH" instead of
> "RFC PATCH" in case Junio feels like queuing this, then you could
> build your DEVOPTS=pedantic by default here on top.

FWIW, I think it is better, too. :)

One small typo (in addition to the one Eric noted):

> Remove the USE_PARENS_AROUND_GETTEXT_N compile-time option which was
> meant to catch an inadvertent mistakes which is too obscure to
> maintain this facility.

s/mistakes/mistake/

-Peff
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