Re: gas-2.20.90.pot errors

[Jorma Karvonen]

2011/5/17, Nick Clifton <address@hidden>:
>> I do not understand this one. Should it be redefine, not undefine ?
>
> Actually no, "undefine" is correct.  The message occurs when the user
> has something like this in their assembler source code:
>
>    .unreq r1
>
> The ".unreq" pseudo-op is used to remove a register name alias that was
> created by an earlier ".req" pseudo-op.  But if the user tries to use it
> to undefine one of the standard register names then they receive the
> warning message shown above.  Here is an example of the correct
> operation of the .unreq pseudo-op:
>
>       arg1 .req r4
>       arg2 .req r5
>
>    foo:
>       add   arg2, arg1
>       rts
>
>       .unreq arg1
>       .unreq arg2
>
> So arg1 and arg are aliases for registers 4 and 5, and they are being
> used to make the code more readable.  But they are undefined at the end
> of the definition of function foo, so that they will not affect code
> later on in the source file.
>
> Perhaps a more understandable warning message would be:
>
>    "ignoring attempt to use .unreq on a fixed register name"
>
> What do you think ?

Yes, that is right. PLS, could you add this explanation as a comment
to the source code so that is shown in .pot file for the translators.

>> #: config/tc-ia64.c:6989
> [...]
>> "  -xauto\t\t  automagically remove dependency violations (default)\n"
> [...]
>> Should it be automatically here, not automagically (in -xauto) ?
>
> Yes and no.  "Automagically" is one of those computer geek puns.  It
> means "automatically and in a somewhat magical way".  It implies that
> not only will the feature happen without any user intervention, but also
> that it will do what the user wants without them even understanding how
> it works.
>
> When translating, treating "automagically" as if it were "automatically"
> is perfectly acceptable.
>
OK, here could some comment for translators be nice.

PLS, you could also add a patch for Finnish translation of gas:
http://translationproject.org/PO-files/fi/gas-2.20.90.fi.po

Br, Jorma K.

> Cheers
>    Nick
>