[Python-Dev] PEP 215 redux: toward a simplified consensus? (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
26 Feb 2002 00:38:58 +0100

Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net> writes:

> > I think you go through and remove the "$" signs (probably at the same > > time you are removing "") and use a runtime function to do the > > translation (probably the same function doing the interpolation). > > I could not accept any solution that cannot offer anything but this. > This kind of interpolation is plain broken.

How so? I need more info to go on.

In the applications that I have in mind, interpolated strings are typically presented to the user, so there must be a way to localize them. An extension to the language that does not support localization is useless if I have to find some other means for l10n.

If there will be a standard library function that does the interpolation anyway, I'd prefer not to have a language extension ot achieve the same thing, but is more limited. If anything, the language extension should be more powerful, not more limited, in applicability.

Regards, Martin