GNU bug report logs - #65424
Guix doesn't use positional arguments in translated formatted messages

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, 65424 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65424: Guix doesn't use positional arguments in translated formatted messages
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:12:08 +0200

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> Proposed new documentation:
> 
> * 22.5.5 Translatable messages
> 
> When constructing translatable messages with 'format' (<reference to 
> guile manual>), it is important to use positional arguments.  For 
> example, instead of writing
> 
>    (format #t (G_ "The package '~a' is newer than '~a'.~%")
>               '("foo" "bar")),
> 
> you should write
> 
>    (format #t (G_ "The package '~1@*~a' is newer than '~2@*~a'.~%")
>               '("foo" "bar"))

Off-by-one error here

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