microsoft / microsoft/LocalizedStringKit
We should use SourceKit for parsing Swift instead of regex
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Description
We use regex for this and it's pretty buggy.
We can't use this for Objective-C, but we may be able to force Objective-C to call into Swift to get the localized strings it needs.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the regex-based Swift parsing implementation and investigate SourceKit integration, then assess the stated Objective-C limitation. Done means replacing the buggy Swift parsing approach and defining how Objective-C obtains the localized strings it needs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- objective-c, swift
- Domain
- localization, tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100