[Python-Dev] Python's footprint

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 09 Nov 2001 09:37:41 +0100


Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     mal> Even better: why not work together with Martin to have the
>     mal> doc-strings localized ?! (One of the possible languages could
>     mal> then be the emtpy one ;-)
> 
> I realize there's a smiley there, but wouldn't such a transformation
> affect all string literals in the application (e.g. most exception
> messages)?

No, just doc-strings. Changing exception messages could cause
problems due to programs relying on them (not good style, but
likely in use...).

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