[Haskell-cafe] Re: Pure Haskell Printf

[Scott Turner]

On 2004 November 16 Tuesday 06:42, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> There is a probleme with ShowS though: it is not internationalizable at
> all.  Strings like printf's or with any kind of variable substitution is
> required for proper internationalization / localization.
Printf is not adequate for internationalization either, because word (and thus 
parameter) ordering may vary among languages.  Note that MissingH.Printf 
addresses this with a feature which supports keys in format items, e.g. 
%(item1)s.