On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Sterling Hughes wrote: > > I have to disagree with you here Sterling. Worrying about support for > > non-english errors in php-general, etc is a bad, bad excuse not to > > implement them. The benefits of a completely constant-based error system > > (with human-friendly errors just because we like them) is worth > > consideration and I really feel is a positive addition to PHP. The only > > pandora's box your worried about (at least from the sound of your > > e-mail) was your inbox size ;) Or am I missing something? > > > > you're missing alot. > > Its not inbox size, when you get multi-lingual error messages you have more > than one problem. > > 1) Support. This makes it hell for companies and users alike to support. > Sure, there are localized mailing lists, but chances are if you are a > programmer these days you can at least read english enough to understand > the error messages. English is soo prevelant in the computer world (ie, > terminology is most often borrowed, unless your french and send Courier > Electronique messages), that its really a non-issue. Also finding a > translation of the error messages shouldn't be that hard. > > If you want to support a multilingual error messages, perhaps a page that > translates all the error messages for multi-lingual users to look up the > translation is a good medium, but putting it into php leads to our next > problem.
And don't forget the poor folks at PHP QA who suddenly have to understand 22 languages, as 'programmers' who get error message assume that they can report bugs in that language too. > The fact is, you shouldn't be needing code to catch a parse error, if you > do, there is something wrong with the way you program, not with php. +1 on that. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - The PHP Magazine for Professionals - http://php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
