/* FENDNULL fends off NULL by giving an empty string instead. */
#define FENDNULL(s) ((s) ? (s) : "")
+/* PLURALS gives a pointer to the string "s" when n isn't 1, and to the
+ * empty string "" when it is. Suitable for obtaining the plural `s'
+ * used for English nouns. It treats -1 as plural, as does GNU gettext.
+ * Having output vary for plurals is annoying for those writing parsers;
+ * better to phrase the output such that no test is needed, e.g.
+ * "messages found: 42". */
+extern const char plurals[];
+#define PLURALS(n) (plurals + ((n) == 1))
+
/*
* char array that keeps track of size in both bytes and characters
* Usage note: