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Subject: Re: [dabo-dev] v = _("< None >") ???
Author: Uwe Grauer
Posted: 2007/07/31 16:32:03
 
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Paul McNett wrote:
> Uwe Grauer wrote:
>> Paul McNett wrote:
>>> Uwe Grauer wrote:
>>>> In dGrid.py and in dApp.py _("< None >") is used.
>>>> Please review if this is a valid thing.
>>> I would say it is valid, since it is how the NULL or None value is
>>> displayed to the user.
>>>
>> If this is the python None value, i don't see why it should be translated.
>
> Not the python None value, but the string representation of it. Say the
> city field of a record in a contact table in your database was NULL. By
> default, in English, the user will see "< None >". Other languages will
> see it in their own language. This is a user message, so I believe it
> should be translated.
>
> It is also a property (NoneDisplay) that can be overridden by the
> application developer to say whatever they want it to say, and to be
> translatable or not.
>

You are kidding?
How would you translate pythons None or SQLs NULL?

However, if the app developer overrides it, it would be translated by
the apps locale.

Uwe



 
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