21768 – [3.4 regression] ICE in error message due to violation of coding conventions (original) (raw)

Description Volker Reichelt 2005-05-26 14:45:35 UTC

Compiling the following code snippet with the German locale enabled causes an ICE:

================================ template<int,int> struct A; template struct A {};

bug.cc:1: Fehler: previous declaration »template<int , int > struct A« bug.cc:2: Fehler: 2 Template-Parameter bug.cc:2: interner Compiler-Fehler: in pp_base_format_text, bei pretty-print.c:357 Bitte senden Sie einen vollständigen Fehlerbericht auf Englisch ein; bearbeiten Sie die Quellen zunächst mit einem Präprozessor, wenn es dienlich ist. Fehler in der deutschen Übersetzung sind an de@li.org zu melden.

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This is partly due to the fact that the code snippet in cp/pt.c that generates the original message violates the coding conventions (see http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Internationalization):

  error ("used %d template parameter%s instead of %d",
    TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms), 
    TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms) == 1 ? "" : "s",
    TREE_VEC_LENGTH (parms));

The patch below fixes that by removing the conditional and using "parameter(s)" in the text. This should simplify i18n efforts.

============================================================================= --- gcc/gcc/cp/pt.c 2005-05-25 00:00:57.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc/gcc/cp/pt.c 2005-05-25 00:35:03.000000000 +0200 @@ -3225,10 +3225,9 @@ redeclare_class_template (tree type, tre if (TREE_VEC_LENGTH (parms) != TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms)) { cp_error_at ("previous declaration %qD", tmpl); - error ("used %d template parameter%s instead of %d", - TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms), - TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms) == 1 ? "" : "s", - TREE_VEC_LENGTH (parms)); + error ("used %d template parameter(s) instead of %d", + TREE_VEC_LENGTH (tmpl_parms), + TREE_VEC_LENGTH (parms)); return; }

Alternatively, one could make two messages, one for 1 parameter and one for 0 or more than 1. But I don't think that this is worthwhile. Btw, do all languages use the plural form for 0 parameters? That's an implicit assumption that might not be true.

The ICE with the German locale appeared in gcc 3.4.4 (before we did not have a German translation for that error message). Therefore I'd like to apply the patch not only to mainline, but also to the 3.4 and 4.0 branch as a first step towards removing the ICE.

Comment 1 Drea Pinski 2005-05-26 14:56:47 UTC

Confirmed.

Comment 5 Volker Reichelt 2005-05-26 16:17:20 UTC

OK, the original error messages have been fixed for gcc 3.4.5, gcc 4.0.1 and mainline.

Let's keep the PR open until the .po files got fixed, too.

Comment 6 Volker Reichelt 2005-05-26 16:54:22 UTC

For the record: I just notified the translation team.

Comment 7 Volker Reichelt 2005-06-29 14:02:38 UTC

The .po files have been fixed for GCC 4.0.1 and mainline. We are just missing the .po file for GCC 3.4.5.

Comment 8 Volker Reichelt 2005-07-04 09:53:51 UTC

Changing component, since we are only missing the updated .po file.

Comment 9 Paolo Bonzini 2005-08-31 13:36:30 UTC

This ought to use ngettext.

Comment 10 Volker Reichelt 2005-08-31 15:39:55 UTC

Subject: Re: [3.4 regression] ICE in error message due to violation of coding conventions

On 31 Aug, bonzini at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:

This ought to use ngettext.

That's not necessary. The trickery with the plural s that would have made ngettext necessary was a violation of the coding conventions, anyway. This is already fixed by using a different error message.

We are just waiting for a new .po file with a suitable translation. This won't arrive until close to the release, however. This PR is just a reminder to test whether the translation really got fixed before spinning the release.

Comment 11 Gabriel Dos Reis 2006-02-28 15:37:30 UTC

The .po file is missing and we haven't received one for a while. This is not a release blocking issue. Closing as essentially fixed.