Re: [PD-dev] locales and iemgui

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

I hear you about reusing existing code, but I think there are a number of code reasons to use msgcat:

• it is a widely used standard, so its well documented (esp. compared

to our code ;)

So, do you really think that Tcl's GetText 'format' is being used at all outside of Tcl? It's not like it's the same format as used in GNU GetText.

• there are existing tools to make translating easier

Which tools? Never heard of them.

• a well debugged and optimized library

Do you need a well debugged and optimised library for accessing a hashtable when the language already has commands for accessing hashtables freely?

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