[Cbc-tickets] [COIN-OR Branch-and-Cut MIP Solver] #38: The localization issue

[COIN-OR Branch-and-Cut MIP Solver]

#38: The localization issue
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 Reporter:  mserg       |       Owner:  somebody
     Type:  task        |      Status:  new     
 Priority:  major       |   Milestone:          
Component:  component1  |     Version:  1.0     
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 I had tried to add Russian language to Cbc. I had found several problems…
 1. Messages are “distributed” in the code. The code must be changed if
 Russian language is used. It is too expensive to correct code for each new
 version… Could be messages collected together? In that case the messages
 can be replaced at least by “copy-paste” technology or can be “switched”
 by compiler …
 2. There are a lot of code pages for Russian language: 1251 for windows,
 866 for DOS, KOI8-R for some UNIX and so on. Maybe class CoinMessages
 should have a codepage-translation function?
 3. I has added new language and then added Russian messages to
 “XXXMessages.cpp” classes. I had two problems:
   a. A lot of SetLanguage calls should be added to “CoinSolve.cpp” code of
 cbc.
   b. Maybe exists the bug in the code because I received mixed messages
 (English and Russian) from “XXXMessages.cpp” classes. You can reproduce
 this problem if realize “uk_en” as upper-case of language “us_en”. So if
 you receive small letter in the log then you have localization problem :-)
 Set detailed log to view the problem in cbcSolve.exe.

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Ticket URL: <https://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc/ticket/38>
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