https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56031
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Bug ID: 56031
Summary: Move linkprefix out of $messages and use a simpler
input convention
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.22-git
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Internationalization
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected],
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[email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Years ago, in Messages*.php, linktrail was moved out of $messages and into a
separate variable ($linkTrail) with a dedicated accessor in Language. This was
because changing the link trail is potentially very disruptive, and the need
for sysops to legitimately edit the link trail is very rare.
The same treatment should be given to linkprefix. However, after Iaa7eaa44 (and
arguably before it), the regex is too complex to expect translators to be able
to accurately maintain. I suggest taking advantage of the migration of
linkprefix out of $messages to simultaneously change its definition, from a
whole regex to a character class, similar to $wgLegalTitleChars. The actual
implementation of the reverse search for characters not matching the character
class would be in Parser.php rather than duplicated in 38 language files.
The /u modifier could be used unconditionally.
The few regexes that can't currently be expressed in this way (uk, cu, udm) are
apparently not like that for any fundamental language-related reason -- they
could just as easily include entire runs of quotation marks in the link text,
like crh, cv and uz.
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