https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104709
--- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- A small improvement would be: --- a/gcc/cp/mapper-client.cc +++ b/gcc/cp/mapper-client.cc @@ -304,8 +304,13 @@ module_client::open_module_client (location_t loc, const char *o, #endif if (errmsg) - error_at (loc, line ? G_("failed %s mapper %qs line %u") - : G_("failed %s mapper %qs"), errmsg, name.c_str (), line); + { + if (line) + error_at (loc, G_("error in mapper %qs at line %u: %s"), name.c_str (), + line, errmsg); + else + error_at (loc, G_("error in mapper %qs: %s"), name.c_str (), errmsg); + } // now wave hello! c->Cork (); That way at least the untranslated part is always at the end, rather than embedded in the middle of a translated string. It's not really clear whether the current errors are ideal even for English output, e.g. Cody::OpenInet6 might set errmsg to "socket" which would yield something like: failed socket mapper 'name' at line N I think this means it failed to *open* a socket for the mapper, but that's not how it reads.