[Mono-list] ECMA compliance

Miguel de Icaza miguel@ximian.com
23 Nov 2001 15:36:55 -0500


> Also I don't understand one point.
> If we're going to use some GUI tool to facilitate translation, what's the
> difference between embedding (English) comments and keeping them in the
> separate file.
> I mean, suppose we have XML file with the comments extracted from the
> library code and one or several files with translations. It's exceptionally
> easy for that tool to "merge" both behind the scenes - I mean what's the
> difference between splitted out docs and such automated merging.

Well, for one it is really easy to manipulate and merge information in
XML.  Manipulating and merging information into source code is a whole
different game.

You basically need to include a C# parser to validate that the
information is being placed in the right spot. 

Miguel