On 26/09/05, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 23:54:56 -0700, Ashley Winters wrote:
> > Localization occurs here. Formatting occurs here.
> > Timezone/newline-convention/join-character-specification/whatever
> > happens here
>
> This is going too far, IMHO.
I can't speak for Ashley, but when I read that I assumed it meant things like:
$num .as(Str, :scientific);
$message.as(Str, :locale<ja-JP>);
$date .as(Str, :calendar<Hebrew>);
$pair .as(Str, :join< >);
Which you'll probably agree is a lot more sane.
> What I definately won't mind is a module that exports a lexical
> &*prefix:<~> (and thus otherwise augments interpolation) so that any
> stringification in a certain block of code is localized.
{
# (The details might not be 100% accurate, but the intent should
# be clear.)
temp &*prefix:<~> .= assuming(:locale<en-GB>);
say $message; # localizes
say $message.as(Str, :locale(undef)); # default behaviour
}
Something along those lines, anyhow.
Stuart
