[Solar-talk] locale strings + replacements

[Paul M Jones]

My opinion on this is: if you need sprintf() formatting, you can keep  
the format string as the locale string, then call sprintf() from the  
view (instead of it being used in the locale() method when it's not  
always needed).  For example, say your locale key/value pair is this:

     'TEXT_FOO' => 'The %2$s contains %1$d monkeys.'

Then in your view, you can do this:

     echo sprintf(
         $this->getText('TEXT_FOO'),
         7,
         'house'
     );

Then you get the benefits of sprintf() when you need them, and the  
benefits of not using sprintf() when you don't.

Have I missed anything here?


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