[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17268: Use native gettext library when available

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#17268: Use native gettext library when available
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 Reporter:  linushoppe                     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                         |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  I18N                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  early has-patch needs-refresh  |     Focuses:  performance
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Comment (by nacin):

 What if we went to an associative PHP array for our strings?

 {{{
 <?php
 return array( 'English string' => 'translated string' );
 }}}

 How would performance look? We'd take a bit of a hit for loading the file,
 but it'd avoid the overhead of parsing a MO file, could be opcode-cached,
 etc.

 ryan, nikolay, and I have discussed this as an idea over the years, but
 we've never tried it out.

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