[Zope3-dev] RFC: undeprecate auto-message id translation
Martijn Faassen
faassen at infrae.com
Tue Dec 6 12:07:08 EST 2005
Dmitry Vasiliev wrote:
[snip]
> * currently you can translate any string (not only a message id) like this:
>
> <p tal:content="string: STRING TO TRANSLATE" i18n:translate=""></p>
>
> In this case the string will be automatically converted to message id
> and then translated. I think we definitely shouldn't translate any
> string, only message ids.
This is an interesting usecase. If I understand you correctly, the
question, put a bit broader, is the following:
<p tal:content="some/call" i18n:translate=""></p>
Should this translate whatever string (not message id) is returned from
some/call or should it leave it alone?
You seem to be arguing it shouldn't. I can also see a usecase where this
would be handy -- you can just add the string to your translation
dictionary without having to mark anything in your codebase. This is a
*disadvantage* if you're already using extraction tools, though.
Regards,
Martijn
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