Re: [heycam/webidl] WIP: add localizable dictionary (#358)

marcoscaceres commented on this pull request.



> +represents a bidirectional algorithm paragraph when displayed,
+as defined by the bidirectional algorithm’s rules P1, P2, and P3,
+including, for instance, supporting the paragraph-breaking behavior
+of <span class="char">U+000A LINE FEED (LF)</span> characters. [[!BIDI]]
+
+A user agent is expected to honor the Unicode semantics of [=localizable members=].
+
+The [=identifier=] of a [=localizable member=] is left to the defining specification (e.g., "title").
+
+Dictionaries that specify a [=localizable member=] must inherit from the {{Localizable}} dictionary.
+
+Specification authors must specify in prose which [=dictionary members|member(s)=]
+of the inheriting dictionary serve as [=localizable members=].
+
+Specification authors should limit the number of [=localizable members=] to one per dictionary,
+including in [=inherited dictionaries=] (if any).

> ? That seems better than each consumer having to define its own dictionary.

Yeah, I quite the typedef and the flexibility it gives. Do you want to add it? 

> As such I think web payments should use my LocalizableString proposal instead of its dictionaries inheriting from Localizable. (In fact we can remove Localizable entirely and just have LocalizedValue.) We can then say Notifications' design is old-school. 

Would be great! 

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