[Development] format-like tr()

[Giuseppe D'Angelo]

Il 25/10/24 10:03, David C. Partridge ha scritto:
> While I applaud the thought of using std::format where appropriate, I
> can't see what converting the existing tr() mechanism to that will gain
> Qt Development or Qt Users

One would be the compile-time check on the format strings and its 
replacements.

Another, arguably, to avoid mix and match of %n and {} if you want to 
translate with a plural replacement and then use std::format into the 
translated string?

>   tr("{} bought %n apples", n).format(name);



My 2 c,
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