ID:          16015
 Updated by:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Status:      Bogus
+Status:      Open
 Bug Type:    Documentation problem
-PHP Version: 4.1.2
+PHP Version: CVS
 New Comment:

Making this a documentation feature request to help lesson the impact
of outdated translations. 
 
Idea #1: 
Use the revision and translator files, along with whatever else comes
to mind, to let the reader know they're reading an outdated
translation.  Does a small change to en/ instantly make the nl/
outdated? No. How about two small changes?  Maybe not.  One large
sweeping change?  Sure, I think so...  This of course is why no such
super system exists, maybe one will be thought of ...  What information
could be extracted to help the reader?  Maybe asking a lot :) 
 
Idea #2 
Here's a start.  Keep all function methodsynopsis information
up-to-date, automagically, in all languages.  The simplest way is to
make this information identical for all translations.  One copy, in
en/.  For example, let's take rtrim(): 
 
  string rtrim ( string str [, string charlist]) 
 
That could easily remain the same in all manual translations ... in
English, Finnish, Dutch, etc.  A string is a string.  If parameter
names should change or not, who knows, it'd be easier if not :)  AFAICT
parameter names are rarely translated/changed anyways.  Where should
the methodsynopsis info be kept?  I would assume in the en/ function
files.  If also in the translated files somehow it needs to be kept in
sync.  Anyway, this phpdoc feature request doesn't need to get *too*
specific :)  Look at fopen() for an example on why this feature request
is good.


Previous Comments:
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[2002-03-12 05:44:53] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The Dutch manual appears to be in the middle of updating,
and got that part of the Dutch version done before it did
the English. Changes to the manual can take a while to 
propagate.


Torben

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[2002-03-12 05:35:45] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I have found a difference in two PHP manuals which both are online
at...

http://nl.php.net/manual/nl/language.variables.predefined.php
http://nl.php.net/manual/en/language.variables.predefined.php

De Dutch page contains information about superglobals and the english
page about Apache Variables.

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