Here's a patch to srfi/19 that makes the localization initialization lazy: Does anyone object?
Jay Index: time.ss =================================================================== --- time.ss (revision 14641) +++ time.ss (working copy) @@ -95,23 +95,26 @@ date->string string->date ) - ;; SRFI-29: Localization initialization: - (re-read-locale) - (or (load-bundle! (list* 'srfi-19 - (current-language) - (current-country) - (current-locale-details))) - ;; A little bit less specific - (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19 - (current-language) - (current-country))) - ;; less specific - (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19 (current-language))) - ;; the least specific one (this one *do* exists!, it comes with this srfi) don't worry: - (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19))) - + (define localized? #f) (define localized-message (lambda (message-name) + (unless localized? + ;; SRFI-29: Localization initialization: + (re-read-locale) + (or (load-bundle! (list* 'srfi-19 + (current-language) + (current-country) + (current-locale-details))) + ;; A little bit less specific + (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19 + (current-language) + (current-country))) + ;; less specific + (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19 (current-language))) + ;; the least specific one (this one *do* exists!, it comes with this srfi) don't worry: + (load-bundle! (list 'srfi-19))) + (set! localized? #t)) + (localized-template 'srfi-19 message-name))) ;; Constants -- Jay McCarthy <j...@cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://teammccarthy.org/jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93 _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-dev