On 3/30/10 4:08 PM, Chad wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Trevor Parscal<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 3/30/10 12:26 PM, Siebrand Mazeland wrote: >> >>> From: Trevor Parscal >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:47 PM >>> >>> [..] but switching to _ from - might start being popular anyways so a >>> switch over >>> might be something we could consider. >>> >>> [sm] personally I very much prefer "-" over "_" in message keys, as the >>> underscore is ambiguous in a MediaWiki: pagename context. Furthermore >>> having a huge rename operation of keys just because we want to change the >>> i18n implementation does not sound like a useful activity... >>> >>> Siebrand >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >>> >>> >> Fair enough with the point on MediaWiki: page name context. Do you have >> any other thoughts about the idea? >> >> - Trevor >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> > I'd like to chime in here saying I agree with using - over _. We try to stick > to - consistently, and the coding guide suggests using it over _. Going the > opposite direction will just confuse people :) > > I'd actually like to see us rename all of the message keys (in core at least) > from having _ to -. I agree that it will be disruptive, but if we do > it in the span > of one release (and provide a maintenance script to update page titles), it > would be far less disruptive than trying to do it over time. > > -Chad > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > I think in either case, making things more consistent would be a good idea.
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