Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df
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Msg-id 20090414185232.GS7709@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Re: psql with "Function Type" in \df  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

> I had a second thought about that: presumably we should make the
> function type names translatable.  If we do that, it might be better
> to make the aggregate case be "aggregate" and take the width hit.
> Otherwise translators are going to be puzzled when they come across
> "agg" as a translatable phrase.

I think it's good to have them translatable.  As for using "aggregate"
instead of "agg" I don't think it's that great an idea.  If you need to
notify translators that "agg" stands for "aggregate", add a
/* translator: */ comment.

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