Sorry Paul, I shouldn't be so abrasive... I guess my alergy problems are getting to me and I'm more frustrated this evening than I thought, although I really shouldn't be since it looks like things in my life are turning around for the better (finally!) after 5 years of living hell since my wife and I split up.
I guess this does means I should start figuring out a way to provide support for both UTF-8 and ASCII resource bundles in the framework to give people the ability to choose based on the complexity of their particular set of application problems. I want to say it ought to be an overrideable framework / application level toggle... but man, that just opens a whole other can of worms for the API. Screw it -- there can't be enough people using that feature for it to be a huge ordeal for them to update their bundles. (There aren't a huge number of people using the framework yet to begin with.) > S. Isaac Dealey wrote: >> I remembered reading an article you wrote Paul, which >> said rather >> specifically to use UTF-8 instead of ASCII files with >> ColdFusion, > if you did, it was old (like cf4.5/5 old) & i hadn't > solved the issue of not > having access to the classpath (or easily using java > classes for that matter). > having to use *cf* to interpret the escaped unicode is a > pretty stiff overhead > tariff to pay. and if your rb needs aren't too complex > using that old > resourcebundle CFC is certainly ok. >> Personally I fail to understand why resource bundles >> can't be managed >> in UTF-8 ... Other than perhaps that nobody's designed a >> tool to do > well if you've ever passed utf-8/whatever encoded text > through a 7-bit email > gateway you'd see the genius of this approach ;-) frankly > i don't know why it > was done that way in the first place (i guess now i'll > have to research it) but > you do know how i have this reverence for the way things > are done when they > work. that's one reason why i put an effort into finding a > cf solution that > works w/java style rb, there's a whole eco-system that's > grown up around it that > works & has worked for years. >> to say because ASCII is standard with Java, but quite >> frankly that's a >> stupid reason. Java isn't the only language or the only >> standard in > unless you instantly come up w/an rb management tool that > works the way you > think things should work, no, it's not stupid. java's been > at the i18n game way > way longer than most. cf's based on it. it's the sea we > swim in. > quite frankly i'd love to see rb native to cf. flex2 has > them, so now we're all > back of the bus again ;-) s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236765 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
