[Development] format-like tr()

[Giuseppe D'Angelo]

Il 24/10/24 19:04, Edward Welbourne ha scritto:
> Given that that does also substitute the relevant number into the
> string, I offer:
> 
>    tr("The apple(s) you bought cost %L1", n).arg(price);
> 
> where the number controlling the singular/plural choice isn't inserted
> into the result, but something else is.

Yes, that's a better example than mine.

In principle it could still be handled -- just don't provide a 
replacement for it (who says that `n` has to be the first argument?):

> trFormat("The apple(s) you bought cost {}", price, Cardinality(n))

but I'm not sure if I like it. Anyway this is now officially "throwing 
ideas at the wall and see what sticks".


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