| RE: [stellation-res] To what extent should literals be named? |
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 21:42, Jonathan Gossage wrote: > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Shields > > >Sent: September 4, 2002 9:31 AM > > >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: Re: [stellation-res] To what extent should literals be named? > > > > > > > > >On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 06:56:58AM -0400, Jonathan Gossage wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> The two areas (commands and options) that you suggested that I > > >look at both > > >> involve strings that are visible outside the program since they name > > >> commands and options that are or can be entered from the > > >command line by a > > >> user. This makes these strings potential candidates for > > >> internationalization. Therefore I propose that we use the java > > >facility for > > >> resource bundles and property files to manage these strings. > > >This, in no > > >> way, commits you to actually do any internationalization, but > > >it facilitates > > >> things if and when you decide to go in this direction. > > >> > > >> With this approach the strings are accessed indirectly using > > >keys that the > > >> Java resoure bundle support uses to lookup the required string > > >based on the > > >> locale in effect. Note that the keys themselves are strings so > > >I will be > > >> providing symbolic definitions for them. > > >> > > > > > >Do what you think best, keeping in mind Mark's observation that > > >"half-measures" > > >in this area can be confusing. It certainly would be nice to > > >start work on > > >eventual internationalization support. > > > > > >I see one of your e-mail addresses ends in 'ca', so along with > > >Ringo we already have > > >at least two international users. I also share some interest in > > >this, as a > > > > > >United Empire Loyalist, > > >dave > > My father came from London UK, my mother from New Haven Conn. and I had a > Canadian grandmother. Go figure :-) As long as we're swapping international credentials... My wife is a chinese woman, born in Quebec, raised in Taiwan, and now living in New York. My in-laws speak chinese; my nieces and nephews speak hebrew. I'm just a mono-lingual third generation New Yorker. (Russian Jewish before that.) -Mark -- Mark Craig Chu-Carroll, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center *** The Stellation project: Advanced SCM for Collaboration *** http://www.eclipse.org/stellation *** Work Email: mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------- Personal Email: markcc@xxxxxxxxxxx
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