L20n/Features/Globals namespace

goal

variables that will be defined by the system should be available without collisions with user or developer defined values.

example

We decided to keep "globals" in a separate namespace. Current proposal is to mark them with "@" sign as a prefix.

<title[@os] {
 *win: "Settings",
  lin: "Preferences",
  mac: "Settings"
}>

Other examples of global values might be:

• os
• screenWidth
• languageCode
• time

The time global may allow the localizer to adjust the message to the time of the day (which often depends on it in case of greetings).

status

accepted for inclusion