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[OCLUG-Tech] what is the meaning of leading "_" in gcc function calls?

  • Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] what is the meaning of leading "_" in gcc function calls?
  • From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:47:50 -0400 (EDT)
  currently digging through the git source code, and i'm seeing some
function calls of the form:

  if (size < len)
          die(_("too-short tree file"));

  i'm ashamed to admit, i'm not sure what the above represents -- the
underscore embedded in that function call? what does it mean?

rday

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