>>>>> "Dan" == Daniel Berlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dan> In addition to Tom's concerns, it seems to me to be a *really bad idea* Dan> to try to come up with integer values for every single message, instead Dan> of just placing a string there. One reason to prefer the numerical approach is that it makes localization of the user interface simpler. Dan> The easiest way there is to just put a comment before the function or Dan> whatever that generates the string saying it shouldn't be changed Dan> between versions. We would also have to constrain the messages not to have any printf-style substitutions, since that would be an i18n disaster. Otherwise, yeah, I was wondering about this myself. Tom