[Mono-list] Resource System Proposal

[Miguel de Icaza]

> As for bringing the fruits of Unix internationalisation to .NET, are you
> porting .NET or redesigning it?... I speak with specific regard to the
> spec.... there's a .NET way of doing internationalisation, and that's the
> one that matters in this case. Some of the .NET methodologies will be better
> than others when compaired to other frameworks... but if you start
> "improving" .NET beyond it's spec what'll you'll end up with won't be .NET

Maybe you missed the bit in which we discussed `_' being an internal
method, which means that this never gets exposed to use applications?

> Does .NET perhaps have a Windows bias... yes of course it does considering
> its background... but you knew that before you started to impliment it. You
> seek to remove the Windows bias, and it will no longer be .NET

Implementing a .NET clone does not mean that you dont have some room for
improvement, and the case for an *internal* method using *internal*
classes seems to be such a place.  It wont affect users, it wont affect
programmers, it will only simplify the life of those working actively in
the class libraries.

Miguel.