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 15.5.2 Python
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 RPMs
      python
 
 Ubuntu packages
      python
 
 File extension
      ‘py’
 
 String syntax
      ‘'abc'’, ‘u'abc'’, ‘r'abc'’, ‘ur'abc'’,
      ‘"abc"’, ‘u"abc"’, ‘r"abc"’, ‘ur"abc"’,
      ‘'''abc'''’, ‘u'''abc'''’, ‘r'''abc'''’, ‘ur'''abc'''’,
      ‘"""abc"""’, ‘u"""abc"""’, ‘r"""abc"""’, ‘ur"""abc"""’
 
 gettext shorthand
      ‘_('abc')’ etc.
 
 gettext/ngettext functions
      ‘gettext.gettext’, ‘gettext.dgettext’, ‘gettext.ngettext’,
      ‘gettext.dngettext’, also ‘ugettext’, ‘ungettext’
 
 textdomain
      ‘gettext.textdomain’ function, or ‘gettext.install(DOMAIN)’
      function
 
 bindtextdomain
      ‘gettext.bindtextdomain’ function, or
      ‘gettext.install(DOMAIN,LOCALEDIR)’ function
 
 setlocale
      not used by the gettext emulation
 
 Prerequisite
      ‘import gettext’
 
 Use or emulate GNU gettext
      emulate
 
 Extractor
      ‘xgettext’
 
 Formatting with positions
      ‘'...%(ident)d...' % { 'ident': value }’
 
 Portability
      fully portable
 
 po-mode marking
      —
 
    An example is available in the ‘examples’ directory: ‘hello-python’.
 
    A note about format strings: Python supports format strings with
 unnamed arguments, such as ‘'...%d...'’, and format strings with named
 arguments, such as ‘'...%(ident)d...'’.  The latter are preferable for
 internationalized programs, for two reasons:
 
    • When a format string takes more than one argument, the translator
      can provide a translation that uses the arguments in a different
      order, if the format string uses named arguments.  For example, the
      translator can reformulate
           "'%(volume)s' has only %(freespace)d bytes free."
      to
           "Only %(freespace)d bytes free on '%(volume)s'."
      Additionally, the identifiers also provide some context to the
      translator.
 
    • In the context of plural forms, the format string used for the
      singular form does not use the numeric argument in many languages.
      Even in English, one prefers to write ‘"one hour"’ instead of ‘"1
      hour"’.  Omitting individual arguments from format strings like
      this is only possible with the named argument syntax.  (With
      unnamed arguments, Python – unlike C – verifies that the format
      string uses all supplied arguments.)
 

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