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16.5.21 D
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RPMs
     gcc-gdc or ldc

Ubuntu packages
     gdc or ldc

File extension
     ‘d’

String syntax
     ‘r"abc"’, ‘`abc`’, ‘"abc"’, ‘q"[abc]"’, ‘q"(abc)"’, ‘q""’,
     ‘q"{abc}"’, ‘q{abc}’, ‘x"6A 6B 6C"’

gettext shorthand
     ‘_("abc")’

gettext/ngettext functions
     ‘gettext’, ‘dgettext’, ‘dcgettext’, ‘ngettext’, ‘dngettext’,
     ‘dcngettext’

     Note that the ‘ngettext’-like functions need to take two argument
     strings that consume the same number of arguments.  For example,
     you cannot write ‘format(ngettext("a piece", "%d pieces", n), n)’
     because in the singular case, ‘format’ would treat the unused
     argument as an error and throw an exception.  As a workaround, you
     need to convert ‘n’ to a string and format that string with
     precision zero: ‘format(ngettext("%.0sa piece", "%s pieces", n),
     to!string(n))’ or ‘format(ngettext("%.0sa piece", "%s pieces", n),
     text(n))’

textdomain
     ‘textdomain’ function

bindtextdomain
     ‘bindtextdomain’ function

setlocale
     Programmer must call ‘setlocale (LC_ALL, "")’

Prerequisite
     ‘import gnu.libintl;’
     ‘alias _ = gettext;’

Use or emulate GNU gettext
     Use

Extractor
     ‘xgettext -k_ --flag=_:1:pass-c-format --flag=_:1:pass-d-format’

Formatting with positions
     ‘fprintf "%2$d %1$d"’, ‘format "%2$d %1$d"’

Portability
     fully portable

po-mode marking
     --

   An example is available in the ‘examples’ directory: ‘hello-d’.