Re: [boost] Re: Thoughts on Format

From: James Kanze (kanze_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-09 10:32:35

Darin Adler <darin_at_[hidden]> writes:

|>  On 1/31/02 9:53 AM, "bill_kempf" <williamkempf_at_[hidden]> wrote:

|>  > I've never encountered a situation where a translator would need
|>  > to specify any formatting information, and so including it in the
|>  > string makes the translator's job more difficult.

|>  OK that makes sense.

|>  I would strive for a design where formatting that might need
|>  localization goes into the string. It seems nice to be able to keep
|>  other formatting details that will not need localization out of the
|>  string.

|>  I guess you're just saying that the change that formatting will need
|>  localization is close to zero.

I'm not sure, but I think it safe to say that the chance of a translator
needing to modify anything but the width and the precision are pretty
slim.  You're not likely to output in %f in one locale, and %e in
another (and even less likely to use %d in one, and %x in another).

The real problem I see with what Bill Kempf seems to be saying is that
it will result in yet another formatting convention to deal with.

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