On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:02 AM Serhiy Storchaka <storch...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 21.10.20 05:23, Steve Barnes пише:
> > Of course there is also the problem of detecting any functions assigned
> > to _ or _T that may be called - otherwise there is a risk of breaking
> > the typical gettext usage in I18n!
>
> gettext is usually mapped to global _, so it is not affected.
>
> Also, even if eliminate globals, gettext is mapped using
> gettext.install() which does not use assignment to _. It does:
>
>         import builtins
>         builtins.__dict__['_'] = self.gettext
>
In a program I work on, I found that this strategy did not work: I
(apparently) do need to assign _ locally within each function where
needed.

This program includes, as an option, a custom Python REPL  where _ has its
usual meaning, while having the possibility to change language during a
session. Attempting to use the standard global gettext _ breaks that.

Furthermore, I want the user to be able to specify either a two letter code
(say 'fr') or a four letter code (say fr_CA) such that if the latter were
not found, it would look for the corresponding generic two-letter code (fr)
before falling back to the default (en) as a last resort.  As far as I
know, a straight gettext.install does not allow that.

I admit that my usage might not be typical.

André Roberge




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