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On Tue 6.Jul'10 at 9:43:59 -0700, Todd Rinaldo wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Todd Rinaldo > # Please include the string: [perl #76402] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=76402 > > > > This is a bug report for perl from toddr@cpanel.net, > generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.12.1. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [Please describe your issue here] > > This patch with tests provides One Sided Lexicons > > Setting $Onesided = 1 in your package treats the class's %Lexicon as one sided. > What that means is if the hash's keys and values will be the same (IE your main > Lexicon) you can specify it in the key only and leave the value blank. > > The advantages are a smaller file, less prone to mistyping or mispasting, and most > important of all someone translating it can simply copy it into their module and > enter their translation instead of having to remove the value first. > Locale::Maketext already has functionality to do what you want. The _AUTO meta-entry in %Lexicon allows fallthrough to use the requested $key as the $value. And then your base lexicon uses even _less_ memory. The value of having your translators hand-copy the content of your default lexicon doesn't feel like much of a win for the added complexity. Best, JesseThread Previous | Thread Next