Re: [PHP-DEV] Translating PHP error messages (fwd) From: Sascha Schumann (sascha <email protected>)
Date: 12/20/00

On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Andi Gutmans wrote:

> I personally don't like multi-lingual support. I think software developers
> all over the world pretty much have to learn English in order to get around
> so I think they can handle English PHP error messages. It also makes it
> harder for us to debug if they send us foreign language error messages.
> We'll need to cross reference them (with an error#) which is yet another
> step to not replying right away but having to go and open a file. Sucky IMO.

    It might prove useful to research what other projects have
    already achieved in this area. FreeBSD is currently in the
    process of implementing an AIX-like error system for their
    kernel which uses message catalogues and unique error
    numbers. Here is a point to start with:

    http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=228673+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2000/freebsd-current/20001022.freebsd-current

    - Sascha 

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