Not getting lost in translation
summary
Claims a library that preserves std::format compile‑time checking while allowing runtime language choice, replacing Boost.Locale’s per‑call encoding conversions and heap allocations with a small constant front end that stores a stable hash instead of strings. Implementation parses PO/MO files, uses CLDR plural rules and a consteval format-string constructor to validate formats and argument roles at compile time, embeds MO bytes as embedded MO bytes, and runs million‑step compile‑time integration tests — and it works.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Translation in computing
- 3:24Axle inspection machine story
- 4:30Boost Format strings
- 5:35Beyond German support
- 8:50Gettext message catalogs
- 14:57Unicode plural forms
- 17:52Boost Locale overhead
- 19:40Switching to fmt library
- 23:42Type metaprogramming costs
- 27:31C++20 std::format
- 35:29Compile-time translation in VS2022
- 43:52Type list operations for translations
- 53:04Compile-time translation tests
- 59:18Standardized translation future
- 1:00:02Q&A
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