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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 (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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