16 Nov
2004
16 Nov
'04
5:43 p.m.
On 2004 November 16 Tuesday 06:42, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
There is a probleme with ShowS though: it is not internationalizable at all. Strings like printf's or with any kind of variable substitution is required for proper internationalization / localization. Printf is not adequate for internationalization either, because word (and thus parameter) ordering may vary among languages.
POSIX / SUS 2001 printf() supports positional arguments, like this: printf("%2$d %1$s\n","days of christmas",12); This is required for l10n, as you say.. --KW 8-) -- Keith Wansbrough <kw217@cl.cam.ac.uk> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/kw217/ University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.