[Mono-list] Re: Resource System Proposal

[Robert Deviasse]

> > Why not consider an alternative usage that can be implemented portably:
> > 	class Hello
> > 	{
> > 		Delegate _ = System.I18N.GetText ;
> > 		public static void Main()
> > 		{
> > 			System.Console.WriteLine(_("Hello World!"));
> > 		}
> > 	}
>...
> > The disadvantage of this approach is that each object needs to
> > add one delegate.
>
>Why not `static Delegate _ = ...'?
>          ^^^^^^

Of course. ;-)

I was also off when I said one per class. This delegate only had to be in 
any base class. Root-based frameworks, like GTK#, may wish to make the lives 
of GTK# users easier by declaring this template in their root class (i.e. 
GObject).

Admittedly, it would be nice if something GetText-like were accepted into 
the C# standard (or at least the free software standard). Localization and 
internationalization should be made as simple, convenient, and manageable as 
possible. It would happen if every project/library uses it's own scheme.

It would certainly avoid the FALSE/_FALSE/false/False/0 and 
TRUE/_TRUE/true/True/0 mess that was introduced into C because 
BOOLEAN/BOOLE/BOOL/bool/boole/boolean/logical/LOGICAL/Logical wasn't a C 
keyword.


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