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1 /* Message catalogs for internationalization.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1995.
4 This file is derived from the file libgettext.h in the GNU gettext package.
6 This file is part of the GNU C Library. Its master source is NOT part of
7 the C library, however.
9 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
10 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
11 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
12 License, or (at your option) any later version.
14 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
17 Library General Public License for more details.
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
20 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
21 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
22 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
24 #ifndef _LIBINTL_H
25 #define _LIBINTL_H 1
27 #include <features.h>
29 /* We define an additional symbol to signal that we use the GNU
30 implementation of gettext. */
31 #define __USE_GNU_GETTEXT 1
33 __BEGIN_DECLS
35 /* Look up MSGID in the current default message catalog for the current
36 LC_MESSAGES locale. If not found, returns MSGID itself (the default
37 text). */
38 extern char *gettext (__const char *__msgid) __THROW;
40 /* Look up MSGID in the DOMAINNAME message catalog for the current
41 LC_MESSAGES locale. */
42 extern char *dgettext (__const char *__domainname,
43 __const char *__msgid) __THROW;
44 extern char *__dgettext (__const char *__domainname,
45 __const char *__msgid) __THROW;
47 /* Look up MSGID in the DOMAINNAME message catalog for the current CATEGORY
48 locale. */
49 extern char *dcgettext (__const char *__domainname,
50 __const char *__msgid, int __category) __THROW;
51 extern char *__dcgettext (__const char *__domainname,
52 __const char *__msgid, int __category) __THROW;
55 /* Set the current default message catalog to DOMAINNAME.
56 If DOMAINNAME is null, return the current default.
57 If DOMAINNAME is "", reset to the default of "messages". */
58 extern char *textdomain (__const char *__domainname) __THROW;
60 /* Specify that the DOMAINNAME message catalog will be found
61 in DIRNAME rather than in the system locale data base. */
62 extern char *bindtextdomain (__const char *__domainname,
63 __const char *__dirname) __THROW;
66 /* Optimized version of the function above. */
67 #if defined __OPTIMIZE__
69 /* We need NULL for `gettext'. */
70 # define __need_NULL
71 # include <stddef.h>
73 /* We need LC_MESSAGES for `dgettext'. */
74 # include <locale.h>
76 /* These must be macros. Inlined functions are useless because the
77 `__builtin_constant_p' predicate in dcgettext would always return
78 false. */
80 # define gettext(msgid) dgettext (NULL, msgid)
82 # define dgettext(domainname, msgid) \
83 dcgettext (domainname, msgid, LC_MESSAGES)
85 # if __GNUC_PREREQ (2,7)
86 /* Variable defined in loadmsgcat.c which gets incremented every time a
87 new catalog is loaded. */
88 extern int _nl_msg_cat_cntr;
90 # define dcgettext(domainname, msgid, category) \
91 (__extension__ \
92 ({ \
93 char *__result; \
94 if (__builtin_constant_p (msgid)) \
95 { \
96 static char *__translation__; \
97 static int __catalog_counter__; \
98 if (! __translation__ || __catalog_counter__ != _nl_msg_cat_cntr) \
99 { \
100 __translation__ = \
101 __dcgettext ((domainname), (msgid), (category)); \
102 __catalog_counter__ = _nl_msg_cat_cntr; \
104 __result = __translation__; \
106 else \
107 __result = __dcgettext ((domainname), (msgid), (category)); \
108 __result; \
110 # endif
111 #endif /* Optimizing. */
114 __END_DECLS
116 #endif /* libintl.h */