Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale librarystartstomorrow

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Formal review of Boost.Locale librarystartstomorrow
From: Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. (jeffrey.hellrung_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-17 11:40:54

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Artyom wrote:
>
>> Actually it may be it is better to make boost::locale::format to add
>> something
>> to formatted message like
>>
>>  cout << format(translate("Hello World {1}")) % param;
>>
>> The is translate to "bonjour le monde {1" (missed "}"
>>
>> Would print:
>>
>>   "[syntax error] bonjour le monde {1"
>>
>
> This is what I do, yes:
>
>   bonjour le monde [error: parse error at '{1']
>
> or, for "bonjour le monde {2}":
>
>   bonjour le monde [error: argument '2' missing]
>

I would think making the error more obvious to the translator would be
better.

- Jeff