Re: Redundant/mis-use of _(x) gettext macro?

> On Apr 1, 2026, at 11:48, Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> As originally reported [1] in the EXCEPT (TABLE ...) thread, I felt
> the _() gettext macro is mis-used when it contains nothing but a
> quoted format string.
>
> AFAIK the purpose of using gettext (e.g. the "_(x)" macro) is for
> marking the string for i18n translation. But there's nothing even to
> translate here.

Indeed.

>
> Only 2 examples were found like this. Granted, this is probably not
> very harmful, but IMO it's better to patch the mis-use to prevent it
> from propagating.

+1

>
> PSA the patch for more details.
>
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> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAHut%2BPtVaOYVP1R0TOoNh5G9CUBurrP%3D6i7fJCdfWEZiqVCRvw%40mail.gmail.com
>
> Kind Regards,
> Peter Smith.
> Fujitsu Australia
> <v1-0001-misuse-of-gettext-macro.patch>

LGTM.

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