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

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale library starts tomorrow
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-16 16:53:42

> >  >
> > > 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

See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/218075

Artyom