[gettext-0.11] plural error on fr.po but not on sv.po

[larry source]

gettext 0.11

I get an error because fr.po lacks a plural heading,
and has a pluralization translation.

** BEGIN QUOTE from fr.po (gives error)

msgid "There was %d unresolved reference."
msgid_plural "There were %d unresolved references."
msgstr[0] "Il y a %d référence non résolue."
msgstr[1] "Il y a %d références non résolues."

** END QUOTE

However, my sv.po also lacks a plural heading, and also
has a pluralization translation, but it does not
generate the error.

** BEGIN QUOTE from sv.po (does not give error)

#: src/liflines/add.c:62
#, fuzzy, c-format
msgid "There was %d unresolved reference."
msgid_plural "There were %d unresolved references."
msgstr[0] "Det fanns %d olöst referens."
msgstr[1] "Det fanns %d olöst referens."

** END QUOTE

This seems odd to me, unless gettext knows innately
that Swedish uses the same rules as English,
and French does not (and I tend to doubt that gettext
is programmed to know this).

I simply added the pluralization header for French
as given in the gettext docs, but can do further
experimenting if this is of interest.

I did touch the sv.po to make gettext recompile it, btw.

The only difference I can see is that all the plural
entries in sv.po are either fuzzy, or have no Swedish
filled in, in case that is causing the absence of error.

Cordially,

Perry




_________________________________________________________________
Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com