what is _("string")?

[kernus]

cerr << _("Error: no input file was specified. Exiting.") << endl;
what is _(" "), a g++ extension? I never saw this structure before I
start to read the gnash source code.

thanks in advance.

 

[Jerry Coffin]

cerr << _("Error: no input file was specified. Exiting.") << endl;
what is _(" "), a g++ extension? I never saw this structure before I
start to read the gnash source code.

Though nobody in their right mind would use it except with the
specific intent of writing obfuscated code, '_' is a perfectly valid
identifier. IOW, there's probably a macro or function by that name
somewhere in the code.

 

[kernus]

Though nobody in their right mind would use it except with the

specific intent of writing obfuscated code, '_' is a perfectly valid
identifier. IOW, there's probably a macro or function by that name
somewhere in the code.

thanks, finally I found this(with M-.): #define _(String) gettext
(String)

 

[Tim Love]

thanks, finally I found this(with M-.): #define _(String) gettext
(String)

It's for internationalization.