- GString *string;
-
- string = g_string_sized_new (25);
- g_string_append_printf (string,
- ngettext ("%'d case", "%'d cases", n_cases),
- n_cases);
- g_string_append_c (string, ' ');
- g_string_append_unichar (string, 0xd7); /* U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN */
- g_string_append_c (string, ' ');
- g_string_append_printf (string,
- ngettext ("%'d variable", "%'d variables",
- n_vars),
- n_vars);
- ref_cell_text = string->str;
- g_string_free (string, FALSE);
+ struct string s;
+
+ /* The glib string library does not understand the ' printf modifier
+ on all platforms, but the "struct string" library does (because
+ Gnulib fixes that problem), so use the latter. */
+ ds_init_empty (&s);
+ ds_put_format (&s, ngettext ("%'d case", "%'d cases", n_cases),
+ n_cases);
+ ds_put_byte (&s, ' ');
+ ds_put_unichar (&s, 0xd7); /* U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN */
+ ds_put_byte (&s, ' ');
+ ds_put_format (&s, ngettext ("%'d variable", "%'d variables",
+ n_vars),
+ n_vars);
+ ref_cell_text = ds_steal_cstr (&s);