Xref: utzoo comp.unix.programmer:1559 comp.lang.perl:4887 comp.std.internat:841 Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.perl,comp.std.internat Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Tools for manipulating message catalogs Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991Apr7.190119.24825@motcad.portal.com> <1991Apr8.191035.13836@alphalpha.com> <1991Apr10.122642.3991@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 19:59:54 GMT In article <1991Apr10.122642.3991@dg-rtp.dg.com> eliot@dg-rtp.dg.com writes: > Some people may point out that using symbolic identifiers for messages allows > a reader of the source code to figure out easily what the message is, rather > than having to flip back and forth through a message catalog. It also lets him more easily verify that the right message is being generated at each point. > Have I made my point clear? Would anyone care to point out flaws in my logic? > Does anyone still think that a tool to create a .h file out of a message > catalog is useful? Sure, as long as it's only run on the master message catalog that's kept in the programmer's native language, and that new messages are only added at the end. Translations are done on processed copies with fixed message numbers. It's a tool. Like any, it can be abused. That doesn't mean it's not useful. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"