[loc-en-dev] he/iw issue

[Yoshito Umaoka]

On 12/10/2010 2:31 PM, Naoto Sato wrote:
> > what we get with this is just allowing people to use either he or iw
>
> Well, I see this is important enough as:
>
> - he is important as it's the ISO code for Hebrew.

I'm not convinced much about this. In Java, people had to use suffix _iw 
for Hebrew bundles - I do not think support _he in addition to _iw make 
people happy.

> - iw is important for compatibility.
>
> I think supporting both would overcome the lookup cost (and it can be 
> limited only to he/iw etc.). Again, asking apps to provide a custom 
> Control for legit codes sounds too much.
>
I think this is one of area which we may want to look into. 
ResourceBundle.Control is powerful, but specifying custom Control 
implementation everywhere is usually not acceptable. I think the right 
solution is to allow user to "set" default control.

-Yoshito