[drupal-devel] [bug] Internationalization: Create user-defined string variable whenever possible

[killes]

 Project:      Drupal
-Version:      4.5.2
+Version:      cvs
 Component:    base system
-Category:     tasks
+Category:     bug reports
 Priority:     normal
-Assigned to:  Anonymous
+Assigned to:  killes at www.drop.org
 Reported by:  Carl McDade
 Updated by:   killes at www.drop.org
-Status:       active
+Status:       patch
 Attachment:   http://drupal.org/files/issues/message-access.patch (2.99 KB)

The original description is a bit unclear, but the underlying concern
seems to be that the error messages are not specific to the situation
they occur in. I share this concern. The attached patch removes the
function message_access() (which hails from 2001) and replaces the six
calls to it by hopefully better chosen strings. Since I do not use
blogapi.module I welcome suggestions for better phrases. Since this is
actually a usability bug fix i hope this can get into 4.6.


killes at www.drop.org



Previous comments:
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February 19, 2005 - 18:50 : Carl McDade

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/common_11.patch (503 bytes)

There should be an effort to externalize all english text into default
variables. It makes a great step towards true internatiolization. Does
not cost anything in terms of performance or matainance. What it does
do is make the code that uses hard coded strings open and more
resuable.  It adds the flexibility in phrasology that is necessary in
internationalizing Drupal. It creates more usability in that better
text instructions can be delivered to the user based on the situation
of the process. I have made this slight change in my install which
allows me to give a descriptive message based on the url tried. This
can be done in both english and swedish without me having to use
gettext and the like.

<?php
--- common_1.inc    2005-02-19 17:33:21.451910400 +0100
+++ common_2.inc    2005-02-19 17:34:40.876116800 +0100
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ function object2array($object) {
  * Always consider whether to use drupal_access_denied() instead to
return a
  * proper (and customizable) 403 error.
  */
-function message_access() {
-  return t('You are not authorized to access this page.');
+function message_access($message = 'You are not authorized to access
this page.') {
+  return t($message);
 }
 
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