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[Daniel Keep]

Michel Fortin wrote:
> ...
> 
> What I'd like to see is an a base class representing a locale. Then you
> can instanciate the locale you want (from a config file, by coding it
> directly, having bindings to system APIs, or a mix of all this) and use
> the locale. Something like:
> 
>     class Locale
>     {
>     immutable:
>         string lowercase(string s);
>         string uppercase(string s);
> 
>         int compare(string a, string b);
>         int compare(string a, string b);
> 
>         // number & date formatting, etc.
>     }
> 
>     ...
> 
> This way you can work with many locales at once. And there's no reliance
> on a global state.

You're assuming it's possible and practical to write every method that
is locale-dependant at once in a single class.

I personally think that's somewhat unlikely...