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Subject: 
Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:51:57 GMT
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Anders Isaksson wrote:
Larry Pieniazek wrote:

But the existing part names are the unique identifier *we*
have control over.

Exactly.

There's also the value of at least a default text when the
translation file is older than the part library.

Yes.

part numbers are designed to be unambiguous,

As unambigous as set numbers? Why do you trust Lego not to
reuse the number of an old part that they will *never*
produce again?

I wouldn't.  But we would have to work around that problem
anyway.

The names are ours. We can make the totally unambigous if
we need to.

Exactly.

Play well,

Jacob
--
»Men I må godt være smukke imens
vi falder for jeres intelligens.«



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  Re: Internationalization of the part library?
 
(...) But the existing part names are the unique identifier *we* have control over. Lego may well start calling a 'Brick 2x2' 'OleKirk347' in the next version of the moulds, but it's still a 'Brick 2x2', right? There's also the value of at least a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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