I think removing it makes it simple for developers, esp.
opcode developers. For what it is worth, my vote is
to remove it.

Victor
> 
> I vote for removing getstring, unless John ffitch votes to
> keep it.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Istvan Varga" 
> To: 
> 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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