[bug #64006] *printf() defines break C++ builds (specifically Qt)

[Pierre Ossman]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #64006 (project gettext):


[comment #2 comment #2:]
> The reason is that translators need the freedom to reorder arguments within
format strings, see
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/c_002dformat-Flag.html
> 
> If a system's printf implementation does not support this, the output will
be non-intelligible to users.
> 

Yes, that is a big problem. But if neither the programmer nor the translator
use the position markers, will gettext implicitly add them in any scenario?


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