I vote for removing getstring, unless John ffitch votes to keep it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Istvan Varga" 
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: getstring (was: [Cs-dev] Changes submitted to CVS)


> OK, that's one vote to revert to the old version. I would like
> to hear opinions about which one of the following three options
> should be chosen:
>
>   1. old getstring: printf(Str(X_nnnn,"..."))
>   2. new getstring: printf(Str("..."))
>   3. remove getstring: printf("...")
>
> Removing getstring entirely would make sense, as the string databases
> are not actively maintained (other than fixing problems with existing
> strings, but no new translations or languages have been added in
> recent years), and the system is really just an annoyance to both users
> and developers without much practical use.
> Without answers to this post, I will probably restore the old getstring
> (that requires a number index), in response to complaints about breaking
> code.
>
> Anthony Kozar wrote:
>
>> I've looked at your old code for this recently, and I have to wonder if
>> indexing strings via the strings themselves is really a better idea than
>> indexing them by numbers.
>>
>> For one thing, I am pretty sure that you just completely broke the 
>> getstring
>> code on MacOS 9.  The current Mac implementation requires that the 
>> strings
>> be numbered.
>
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