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1 /* gettext.c -- implementation of gettext(3) function
2 Copyright (C) 1995 Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the GNU C Library. Its master source is NOT part of
5 the C library, however. The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
7 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
9 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
10 License, or (at your option) any later version.
12 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 Library General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
18 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
19 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
20 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
22 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
23 # include <config.h>
24 #endif
26 #ifdef _LIBC
27 # define __need_NULL
28 # include <stddef.h>
29 #else
30 # ifdef STDC_HEADERS
31 # include <stdlib.h> /* Just for NULL. */
32 # else
33 # ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
34 # include <string.h>
35 # else
36 # define NULL ((void *) 0)
37 # endif
38 # endif
39 #endif
41 #ifdef _LIBC
42 # include <libintl.h>
43 #else
44 # include "libgettext.h"
45 #endif
47 /* @@ end of prolog @@ */
49 /* Names for the libintl functions are a problem. They must not clash
50 with existing names and they should follow ANSI C. But this source
51 code is also used in GNU C Library where the names have a __
52 prefix. So we have to make a difference here. */
53 #ifdef _LIBC
54 # define GETTEXT __gettext
55 # define DGETTEXT __dgettext
56 #else
57 # define GETTEXT gettext__
58 # define DGETTEXT dgettext__
59 #endif
61 /* Look up MSGID in the current default message catalog for the current
62 LC_MESSAGES locale. If not found, returns MSGID itself (the default
63 text). */
64 char *
65 GETTEXT (msgid)
66 const char *msgid;
68 return DGETTEXT (NULL, msgid);
71 #ifdef _LIBC
72 /* Alias for function name in GNU C Library. */
73 weak_alias (__gettext, gettext);
74 #endif