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</div><div><br></div><div>Those are good points, I never thought about the translation functions being parsed by non-PHP applications/programs. </div><div><br></div><div>I personally have never used a variable in a translation function but from the perspective of someone who utilizes variables a lot it struck me as odd to deny their use. Now I understand though, so thank you for the explanation. </div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Otto wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Tyler Cunningham</div><div><<a href="mailto:seizedpropaganda@gmail.com">seizedpropaganda@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>I still think this is a bit much to be a REQUIRED. I see Mark's point and</div><div>I'm sure he's right when it comes to automation, but shouldn't the decision</div><div>ultimately be left up to the theme developer?</div><div>I think this would be a much better RECOMMENDED, does anyone else agree?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No. Doing it with variables is just plain wrong, on all levels. It's</div><div>not really a matter of choice, it's a matter of standards. The strings</div><div>need to be capable of being parsed by other code. This is</div><div>code-parsing-other-code here, and that's the basis of all the gettext</div><div>translation mechanism.</div><div><br></div><div>In the plugins area, for example, there's a handy button on the</div><div>backend for plugin developers to generate the POT files for your</div><div>plugin automatically. If you use a variable, then they don't work.</div><div>Why? Because those programs don't *run* your code, they scan it for __</div><div>and _e and similar, then generate the necessary translation files. All</div><div>translation tools work in this manner.</div><div><br></div><div>So put simply, the use of variables for the translation namespace</div><div>fundamentally *doesn't work* with any existing translation tools. The</div><div>code should be machine parse-able, and it is, if you don't rely on any</div><div>variables in your translatable strings.</div><div><br></div><div>-Otto</div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>theme-reviewers mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org">theme-reviewers@lists.wordpress.org</a></div><div><a href="http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers">http://lists.wordpress.org/mailman/listinfo/theme-reviewers</a></div></div></div></span>
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