[Zope3-dev] Re: Use case not covered for translation of message ids

[Jim Fulton]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> Martijn Faassen wrote:
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> 
>>>
>>> Doesn't that require setting the message id in it? But the message id 
>>> is already available, in the i18n string. What does the 
>>> i18n:translate attribute look like in this case?
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>>
>>
>> If the source string and the message id are the same, then
>> the value of the i18n:translate attribute is empty.  In that case,
>> the attribute functions to indicate that translation should be done.
> 
> 
> What if the i18n:translate attribute is not empty and we have a i18n 
> string coming from the application? Is this an error?

Good question. I'm inclined to say think that
in the case of a node that has *both* a translate attribute and a
tal:contents or tal:replace attribute, it should be an error to
specify the message id in the translate attribute, as it makes no
sense to use a static message id for dynamic data.

Jim

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