[I18n-sig] Plural forms
Barry A. Warsaw
barry@python.org
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:43:56 -0400
>>>>> "MvL" == Martin v Loewis <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
>> A question, since now xgettext supports Python (didn't tried
>> it, but that's what the documentation says), why not to
>> depracate pygettext and stop its development?
MvL> For one thing, it is good that batteries are included - you
MvL> may not have GNU gettext, and you may not be able to install
MvL> it as you don't have a C compiler, either - in particular, if
MvL> you are using a MS Windows system.
Sure, but I'm less concerned about that because not many people
actually need to do extractions or catalog building. Those people can
probably manage to install gettext.
MvL> For another thing, I don't think that xgettext supports the
MvL> extraction of docstrings.
This one's more important. /Selective/ extraction of docstrings is
critical to me.
-Barry