Added i18n skeleton API for message_formatting

Added i18n skeleton API for message_formatting




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Committed: https://code.google.com/p/dart/source/detail?r=8131

[Emily Fortuna, 2012-05-30 21:19:27]

Some of this is Alan's code (the date formatting) but we merged it into one CL.

Everything else (message format code) -- I made the changes you suggested, but
it's otherwise the same.

[Emily Fortuna, 2012-05-30 21:20:30]

Just realized I forgot to fix package:. Doing that now.

On 2012/05/30 21:19:27, Emily Fortuna wrote:
> Some of this is Alan's code (the date formatting) but we merged it into one
CL.
> 
> Everything else (message format code) -- I made the changes you suggested, but
> it's otherwise the same.

[Emily Fortuna, 2012-05-30 21:37:05]

FYI: Talked to Bob -- package: won't work on the buildbots since they don't have
a default package_root just yet.

[Alan Knight, 2012-05-30 21:45:30]

Mostly practicing making comments.

https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
File lib/i18n/date_format.dart (right):

https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
lib/i18n/date_format.dart:157: String format(Date date, [TimeZone timeZone]) {
I don't love the name format for this method, as the obvious thing to name an
object of this type is something like "format" and you end up with
format.format(thing). I'd originally called it print, but that may have
connotations of side effects. Closure does use "format"

[Emily Fortuna, 2012-05-30 22:18:07]

https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
File lib/i18n/date_format.dart (right):

https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
lib/i18n/date_format.dart:157: String format(Date date, [TimeZone timeZone]) {
On 2012/05/30 21:45:30, Alan Knight wrote:
> I don't love the name format for this method, as the obvious thing to name an
> object of this type is something like "format" and you end up with
> format.format(thing). I'd originally called it print, but that may have
> connotations of side effects. Closure does use "format"

I understand your concern, but I'm inclined to go with it as it seems to be the
"standard practice": Java and Python and GWT all use "format"

[Jennifer Messerly, 2012-05-30 22:26:02]

On 2012/05/30 22:18:07, Emily Fortuna wrote:
>
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
> File lib/i18n/date_format.dart (right):
> 
>
https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10453079/diff/3003/lib/i18n/date_forma...
> lib/i18n/date_format.dart:157: String format(Date date, [TimeZone timeZone]) {
> On 2012/05/30 21:45:30, Alan Knight wrote:
> > I don't love the name format for this method, as the obvious thing to name
an
> > object of this type is something like "format" and you end up with
> > format.format(thing). I'd originally called it print, but that may have
> > connotations of side effects. Closure does use "format"
> 
> I understand your concern, but I'm inclined to go with it as it seems to be
the
> "standard practice": Java and Python and GWT all use "format"

C# too: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format.aspx

[jacob314, 2012-05-30 22:26:33]

lgtm