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> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:44:10 -0500
> 
> I think it would be most natural to handle doc strings through
> a special mechanism.

Up to a point, perhaps.  We still should try to use .po files for
them, if at all possible, and perhaps also the gettext code that
supports looking up strings in .gmo catalogs generated from .po.