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

[Vaclav Slavik]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #48872 (project gettext):

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.


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