Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library starts tomorrow

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library starts tomorrow
From: Vicente BOTET (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-16 12:33:00

> Message du 16/04/11 17:48
> De : "Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr." 
> A : boost_at_[hidden]
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> Objet : Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library starts tomorrow
> 
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:07 AM, Artyom  wrote:
> 
> > > > Another point is that boost::format throws on almost any error while
> > > > boost::locale::format ignores error (as you don't want a translator
> > > > to crash the program)
> > > Hmmm...is there at least some convenient mechanism for the user to
> > detect
> > > errors encountered by boost::locale::format after boost::locale::format
> > has
> > > returned?
> > > Could the error behavior be specified in the call to
> > boost::locale::format?
> >
> > I explain, the error of for example missing parameter is almost never
> > a error, consider following:
> >
> > format(translate("Passed {1} day", "Passed {1} days",n)) % n;
> >
> > Now in Hebrew it would have 3 plural forms: single, dual and plural
> >
> > עבר יום {1}‏ /passed {1} day
> > עברו יומיים /passed two-days when "two-days" is a single world - no
> > parameter used
> > עברו {1} ימים / passed {1} days
> >
> > So missing parameter is ok in localization context, while boost::format
> > throws
> > unless you do something specific.
> 
> So that's the specific case of a missing parameter error, but is this the
> only kind of error one can make with boost::locale::format? If not, it's
> not really a convincing argument that all users all the time would like
> boost::locale::format to ignore all errors. And you do qualify that this
> particular error is "almost never a error", leading me to believe that
> sometimes it really is an error you care about.

+1

Vicente