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data/CHANGELOG.textile

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+h1. Changelog
+
+h2. master
+
+* (no changes)
+
+h2. 0.2.0 (2009-07-12)
+
+* "Allow using Ruby 1.9 syntax for string interpolation (API addition)":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/c6e0b06d512f2af57199a843a1d8a40241b32861
+* "Allow configuring the default scope separator, allow to pass a custom scope separator(API addition)":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/5b75bfbc348061adc11e3790187a187275bfd471 (e.g. I18n.t(:'foo|bar', :separator => '|') 
+* "Pass :format option to #translate for #localize more useful lambda support":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/e277711b3c844fe7589b8d3f9af0f7d1b969a273
+* "Refactor Simple backend #resolve to #default and #resolve for more consistency. Now allows to pass lambdas as defaults and re-resolve Symbols":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/8c4ce3d923ce5fa73e973fe28217e18165549aba
+* "Add lambda support to #translate (API addition)":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/c90e62d8f7d3d5b78f34cfe328d871b58884f115
+* "Add lambda support to #localize (API addition)":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/9d390afcf33f3f469bb95e6888147152f6cc7442
+
+h2. 0.1.3 (2009-02-27)
+
+* "Remove unnecessary string encoding handling in the i18n simple backend which made the backend break on Ruby 1.9":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/4c3a970783861a94f2e89f46714fb3434e4f4f8d
+
+h2. 0.1.2 (2009-01-09)
+
+* "added #available_locales (returns an array of locales for which translations are available)":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/411f8fe7c8f3f89e9b6b921fa62ed66cb92f3af4
+* "flatten load_path before using it so that a nested array of paths won't throw up":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/d473a068a2b90aba98135deb225d6eb6d8104d70
+
+h2. 0.1.1 (2008-11-20)
+
+* "Use :'en' as a default locale (in favor of :'en-US')":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/c4b10b246aecf7da78cb2568dd0d2ab7e6b8a230
+* "Add #reload! to Simple backend":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/36dd2bd9973b9e1559728749a9daafa44693e964
+
+h2. 0.1.0 (2008-10-25)
+
+* "Fix Simple backend to distinguish false from nil values":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/39d9a47da14b5f3ba126af48923af8c30e135166
+* "Add #load_path to public api, add initialize to simple backend and remove #load_translations from public api":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/c4c5649e6bc8f020f1aaf5a5470bde048e22c82d
+* "Speed up Backend::Simple#interpolate":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/9e1ac6bf8833304e036323ec9932b9f33c468a35
+* "Remove #populate and #store_translations from public API":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/f4e514a80be7feb509f66824ee311905e2940900
+* "Use :other instead of :many as a plural key":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/0f8f20a2552bf6a2aa758d8fdd62a7154e4a1bf6
+* "Use a class instead of a module for Simple backend":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/08f051aa61320c17debde24a83268bc74e33b995
+* "Make Simple backend #interpolate deal with non-ASCII string encodings":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/d84a3f3f55543c084d5dc5d1fed613b8df148789
+* "Fix default arrays of non-existant keys returning the default array":http://github.com/svenfuchs/i18n/commit/6c04ca86c87f97dc78f07c2a4023644e5ba8b839
+
+h2. Initial implementation (June/July 2008)
+
+Initial implementation by "Sven Fuchs":http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9963-sven-fuchs based on previous discussion/consensus of the rails-i18n team (alphabetical order) and many others:
+
+* "Matt Aimonetti":http://railsontherun.com
+* "Sven Fuchs":http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9963-sven-fuchs
+* "Joshua Harvey":http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/759-joshua-harvey
+* "Saimon Moore":http://saimonmoore.net
+* "Stephan Soller":http://www.arkanis-development.de
+
+h2. More information
+
+* "Homepage":http://rails-i18n.org
+* "Wiki":http://rails-i18n.org/wiki
+* "Mailinglist":http://groups.google.com/group/rails-i18n
+* "About the project/history":http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/finally-ruby-on-rails-gets-internationalized
+* "Initial API Intro":http://www.artweb-design.de/2008/7/18/the-ruby-on-rails-i18n-core-api

data/MIT-LICENSE

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+Copyright (c) 2008 The Ruby I18n team
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

data/README.textile

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+h1. Ruby I18n
+
+Ruby Internationalization and localization solution.
+
+Features:
+
+* translation and localization
+* interpolation of values to translations (Ruby 1.9 compatible syntax)
+* pluralization (CLDR compatible)
+* flexible defaults
+* bulk lookup
+* lambdas as translation data
+* custom key/scope separator
+* custom exception handlers
+* extensible architecture with a swappable backend
+
+Experimental, pluggable features:
+
+* lambda pluralizers stored as translation data
+* RFC4647 compliant locale fallbacks (with optional RFC4646 locale validation)
+* backend cache
+
+For more information and lots of resources see: "http://rails-i18n.org/wiki":http://rails-i18n.org/wiki
+
+h2. Install
+
+gem install i18n
+
+h2. Authors
+
+* "Sven Fuchs":http://www.artweb-design.de
+* "Joshua Harvey":http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/759-joshua-harvey
+* "Stephan Soller":http://www.arkanis-development.de
+* "Saimon Moore":http://saimonmoore.net
+* "Matt Aimonetti":http://railsontherun.com
+
+h2. License
+
+MIT License. See the included MIT-LICENCE file.
+
+
+

data/Rakefile

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+task :default => [:test]
+
+task :test do
+  ruby "test/all.rb"
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |s|
+    s.name = "i18n"
+    s.rubyforge_project = "i18n"
+    s.summary = "New wave Internationalization support for Ruby"
+    s.email = "rails-i18n@googlegroups.com"
+    s.homepage = "http://rails-i18n.org"
+    s.description = "Add Internationalization support to your Ruby application."
+    s.authors = ['Sven Fuchs', 'Joshua Harvey', 'Matt Aimonetti', 'Stephan Soller', 'Saimon Moore']
+    s.files =  FileList["[A-Z]*", "{lib,test}/**/*"]
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler, or one of its dependencies, is not available. Install it with: sudo gem install technicalpickles-jeweler -s http://gems.github.com"
+end

data/VERSION

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+0.2.0

data/lib/i18n/backend/active_record/translation.rb

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+require 'active_record'
+require 'ruby2ruby'
+require 'parse_tree'
+require 'parse_tree_extensions'
+
+class Translation < ActiveRecord::Base
+  
+  attr_protected :proc
+  serialize :value
+  
+  named_scope :locale, lambda {|locale|
+    { :conditions => {:locale => locale }}
+  }
+  
+  named_scope :key, lambda { |key|
+    { :conditions => {:key => key} }
+  }
+  
+  named_scope :keys, lambda { |key, separator|
+    separator ||= I18n.default_separator
+    { :conditions => "key LIKE '#{key}#{separator}%'" }
+  }
+  
+  def value=(v)
+    case v
+      when Proc
+        write_attribute(:value, v.to_ruby)
+        write_attribute(:proc, true)
+      else
+        write_attribute(:value, v)
+    end
+  end
+  
+  def value
+    if proc
+      Kernel.eval read_attribute( :value )
+    else
+      read_attribute( :value )
+    end
+  end
+  
+end

data/lib/i18n/backend/active_record.rb

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+require 'i18n/backend/base'
+require 'i18n/backend/active_record/translation'
+require 'i18n/hash'
+
+module I18n
+  module Backend
+    class ActiveRecord < Base
+      
+      def reload!
+      end
+
+      def store_translations(locale, data)
+        data.unwind.each{|key,v|
+          Translation.create(:locale => locale.to_s, :key => key, :value => v)
+        }        
+      end
+      
+      def available_locales
+        Translation.find(:all, :select => 'DISTINCT locale').map{|t| t.locale}
+      end
+      
+      protected
+        
+        def lookup(locale, key, scope = [], separator = I18n.default_separator)
+          return unless key
+          separator ||=  "."
+          flat_key = (Array(scope) + Array(key)).join( separator )
+          
+          result = Translation.locale(locale).key(flat_key).find(:first)
+          return result.value if result
+          results = Translation.locale(locale).keys(flat_key, separator)
+          if results.empty?
+            return nil
+          else
+            chop_range = (flat_key.size + separator.size)..-1
+            return results.inject({}){|hash,r|
+              hash[r.key.slice( chop_range )] = hash[r.value]
+              hash
+            }.wind
+          end
+        end
+      
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/i18n/backend/simple.rb

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+require 'i18n/backend/base'
+
+# Stub class for the Simple backend. The actual implementation is provided by
+# the backend Base class. This makes it easier to extend the Simple backend's
+# behaviour by including modules. E.g.:
+#
+# module I18n::Backend::Pluralization
+#   def pluralize(*args)
+#     # extended pluralization logic
+#     super
+#   end
+# end
+#
+# I18n::Backend::Simple.send(:include, I18n::Backend::Pluralization)
+
+module I18n
+  module Backend
+    class Simple < Base
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/i18n/exceptions.rb

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+class KeyError < IndexError
+  def initialize(message = nil)
+    super(message || "key not found")
+  end
+end unless defined?(KeyError)
+
+module I18n
+  class ArgumentError < ::ArgumentError; end
+
+  class InvalidLocale < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :locale
+    def initialize(locale)
+      @locale = locale
+      super "#{locale.inspect} is not a valid locale"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class MissingTranslationData < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :locale, :key, :options
+    def initialize(locale, key, options)
+      @key, @locale, @options = key, locale, options
+      keys = I18n.send(:normalize_translation_keys, locale, key, options[:scope])
+      keys << 'no key' if keys.size < 2
+      super "translation missing: #{keys.join(', ')}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class InvalidPluralizationData < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :entry, :count
+    def initialize(entry, count)
+      @entry, @count = entry, count
+      super "translation data #{entry.inspect} can not be used with :count => #{count}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class MissingInterpolationArgument < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :values, :string
+    def initialize(values, string)
+      @values, @string = values, string
+      super "missing interpolation argument in #{string.inspect} (#{values.inspect} given)"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class ReservedInterpolationKey < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :key, :string
+    def initialize(key, string)
+      @key, @string = key, string
+      super "reserved key #{key.inspect} used in #{string.inspect}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  class UnknownFileType < ArgumentError
+    attr_reader :type, :filename
+    def initialize(type, filename)
+      @type, @filename = type, filename
+      super "can not load translations from #{filename}, the file type #{type} is not known"
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/i18n/string.rb

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+=begin
+  heavily based on Masao Mutoh's gettext String interpolation extension
+  http://github.com/mutoh/gettext/blob/f6566738b981fe0952548c421042ad1e0cdfb31e/lib/gettext/core_ext/string.rb
+  Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Masao Mutoh
+  You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same license terms as Ruby.
+=end
+
+if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+
+  # KeyError is raised by String#% when the string contains a named placeholder
+  # that is not contained in the given arguments hash. Ruby 1.9 includes and
+  # raises this exception natively. We define it to mimic Ruby 1.9's behaviour
+  # in Ruby 1.8.x
+
+  class KeyError < IndexError
+    def initialize(message = nil)
+      super(message || "key not found")
+    end
+  end unless defined?(KeyError)
+
+  # Extension for String class. This feature is included in Ruby 1.9 or later but not occur TypeError.
+  #
+  # String#% method which accept "named argument". The translator can know
+  # the meaning of the msgids using "named argument" instead of %s/%d style.
+
+  class String
+    # For older ruby versions, such as ruby-1.8.5
+    alias :bytesize :size unless instance_methods.find {|m| m.to_s == 'bytesize'}
+    alias :interpolate_without_ruby_19_syntax :% # :nodoc:
+
+    INTERPOLATION_PATTERN = Regexp.union(
+      /%%/,
+      /%\{(\w+)\}/,                               # matches placeholders like "%{foo}"
+      /%<(\w+)>(.*?\d*\.?\d*[bBdiouxXeEfgGcps])/  # matches placeholders like "%<foo>.d"
+    )
+
+    # % uses self (i.e. the String) as a format specification and returns the
+    # result of applying it to the given arguments. In other words it interpolates
+    # the given arguments to the string according to the formats the string
+    # defines.
+    #
+    # There are three ways to use it:
+    #
+    # * Using a single argument or Array of arguments.
+    #
+    #   This is the default behaviour of the String class. See Kernel#sprintf for
+    #   more details about the format string.
+    #
+    #   Example:
+    #
+    #     "%d %s" % [1, "message"]
+    #     # => "1 message"
+    #
+    # * Using a Hash as an argument and unformatted, named placeholders.
+    #
+    #   When you pass a Hash as an argument and specify placeholders with %{foo}
+    #   it will interpret the hash values as named arguments.
+    #
+    #   Example:
+    #
+    #     "%{firstname}, %{lastname}" % {:firstname => "Masao", :lastname => "Mutoh"}
+    #     # => "Masao Mutoh"
+    #
+    # * Using a Hash as an argument and formatted, named placeholders.
+    #
+    #   When you pass a Hash as an argument and specify placeholders with %<foo>d
+    #   it will interpret the hash values as named arguments and format the value
+    #   according to the formatting instruction appended to the closing >.
+    #
+    #   Example:
+    #
+    #     "%<integer>d, %<float>.1f" % { :integer => 10, :float => 43.4 }
+    #     # => "10, 43.3"
+    def %(args)
+      if args.kind_of?(Hash)
+        dup.gsub(INTERPOLATION_PATTERN) do |match|
+          if match == '%%'
+            '%'
+          else
+            key = ($1 || $2).to_sym
+            raise KeyError unless args.has_key?(key)
+            $3 ? sprintf("%#{$3}", args[key]) : args[key]
+          end
+        end
+      elsif self =~ INTERPOLATION_PATTERN
+        raise ArgumentError.new('one hash required')
+      else
+        result = gsub(/%([{<])/, '%%\1')
+        result.send :'interpolate_without_ruby_19_syntax', args
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/i18n.rb

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+# Authors::   Matt Aimonetti (http://railsontherun.com/),
+#             Sven Fuchs (http://www.artweb-design.de),
+#             Joshua Harvey (http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/759-joshua-harvey),
+#             Saimon Moore (http://saimonmoore.net),
+#             Stephan Soller (http://www.arkanis-development.de/)
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2008 The Ruby i18n Team
+# License::   MIT
+require 'i18n/backend/simple'
+require 'i18n/exceptions'
+require 'i18n/string'
+require 'i18n/hash'
+
+module I18n
+  @@backend = nil
+  @@load_path = nil
+  @@default_locale = :en
+  @@default_separator = '.'
+  @@exception_handler = :default_exception_handler
+
+  class << self
+    # Returns the current backend. Defaults to +Backend::Simple+.
+    def backend
+      @@backend ||= Backend::Simple.new
+    end
+
+    # Sets the current backend. Used to set a custom backend.
+    def backend=(backend)
+      @@backend = backend
+    end
+
+    # Returns the current default locale. Defaults to :'en'
+    def default_locale
+      @@default_locale
+    end
+
+    # Sets the current default locale. Used to set a custom default locale.
+    def default_locale=(locale)
+      @@default_locale = locale.to_sym rescue nil
+    end
+
+    # Returns the current locale. Defaults to I18n.default_locale.
+    def locale
+      Thread.current[:locale] ||= default_locale
+    end
+
+    # Sets the current locale pseudo-globally, i.e. in the Thread.current hash.
+    def locale=(locale)
+      Thread.current[:locale] = locale.to_sym rescue nil
+    end
+
+    # Returns an array of locales for which translations are available.
+    # Unless you explicitely set the these through I18n.available_locales=
+    # the call will be delegated to the backend and memoized on the I18n module.
+    def available_locales
+      @@available_locales ||= backend.available_locales
+    end
+
+    # Sets the available locales.
+    def available_locales=(locales)
+      @@available_locales = locales
+    end
+
+    # Returns the current default scope separator. Defaults to '.'
+    def default_separator
+      @@default_separator
+    end
+
+    # Sets the current default scope separator.
+    def default_separator=(separator)
+      @@default_separator = separator
+    end
+
+    # Sets the exception handler.
+    def exception_handler=(exception_handler)
+      @@exception_handler = exception_handler
+    end
+
+    # Allow clients to register paths providing translation data sources. The
+    # backend defines acceptable sources.
+    #
+    # E.g. the provided SimpleBackend accepts a list of paths to translation
+    # files which are either named *.rb and contain plain Ruby Hashes or are
+    # named *.yml and contain YAML data. So for the SimpleBackend clients may
+    # register translation files like this:
+    #   I18n.load_path << 'path/to/locale/en.yml'
+    def load_path
+      @@load_path ||= []
+    end
+
+    # Sets the load path instance. Custom implementations are expected to
+    # behave like a Ruby Array.
+    def load_path=(load_path)
+      @@load_path = load_path
+    end
+
+    # Tells the backend to reload translations. Used in situations like the
+    # Rails development environment. Backends can implement whatever strategy
+    # is useful.
+    def reload!
+      backend.reload!
+    end
+
+    # Translates, pluralizes and interpolates a given key using a given locale,
+    # scope, and default, as well as interpolation values.
+    #
+    # *LOOKUP*
+    #
+    # Translation data is organized as a nested hash using the upper-level keys
+    # as namespaces. <em>E.g.</em>, ActionView ships with the translation:
+    # <tt>:date => {:formats => {:short => "%b %d"}}</tt>.
+    #
+    # Translations can be looked up at any level of this hash using the key argument
+    # and the scope option. <em>E.g.</em>, in this example <tt>I18n.t :date</tt>
+    # returns the whole translations hash <tt>{:formats => {:short => "%b %d"}}</tt>.
+    #
+    # Key can be either a single key or a dot-separated key (both Strings and Symbols
+    # work). <em>E.g.</em>, the short format can be looked up using both:
+    #   I18n.t 'date.formats.short'
+    #   I18n.t :'date.formats.short'
+    #
+    # Scope can be either a single key, a dot-separated key or an array of keys
+    # or dot-separated keys. Keys and scopes can be combined freely. So these
+    # examples will all look up the same short date format:
+    #   I18n.t 'date.formats.short'
+    #   I18n.t 'formats.short', :scope => 'date'
+    #   I18n.t 'short', :scope => 'date.formats'
+    #   I18n.t 'short', :scope => %w(date formats)
+    #
+    # *INTERPOLATION*
+    #
+    # Translations can contain interpolation variables which will be replaced by
+    # values passed to #translate as part of the options hash, with the keys matching
+    # the interpolation variable names.
+    #
+    # <em>E.g.</em>, with a translation <tt>:foo => "foo {{bar}}"</tt> the option
+    # value for the key +bar+ will be interpolated into the translation:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :bar => 'baz' # => 'foo baz'
+    #
+    # *PLURALIZATION*
+    #
+    # Translation data can contain pluralized translations. Pluralized translations
+    # are arrays of singluar/plural versions of translations like <tt>['Foo', 'Foos']</tt>.
+    #
+    # Note that <tt>I18n::Backend::Simple</tt> only supports an algorithm for English
+    # pluralization rules. Other algorithms can be supported by custom backends.
+    #
+    # This returns the singular version of a pluralized translation:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 1 # => 'Foo'
+    #
+    # These both return the plural version of a pluralized translation:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 0 # => 'Foos'
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 2 # => 'Foos'
+    #
+    # The <tt>:count</tt> option can be used both for pluralization and interpolation.
+    # <em>E.g.</em>, with the translation
+    # <tt>:foo => ['{{count}} foo', '{{count}} foos']</tt>, count will
+    # be interpolated to the pluralized translation:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :count => 1 # => '1 foo'
+    #
+    # *DEFAULTS*
+    #
+    # This returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or <tt>default</tt> if no translation was found:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => 'default'
+    #
+    # This returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or the translation for <tt>:bar</tt> if no
+    # translation for <tt>:foo</tt> was found:
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => :bar
+    #
+    # Returns the translation for <tt>:foo</tt> or the translation for <tt>:bar</tt>
+    # or <tt>default</tt> if no translations for <tt>:foo</tt> and <tt>:bar</tt> were found.
+    #   I18n.t :foo, :default => [:bar, 'default']
+    #
+    # *BULK LOOKUP*
+    #
+    # This returns an array with the translations for <tt>:foo</tt> and <tt>:bar</tt>.
+    #   I18n.t [:foo, :bar]
+    #
+    # Can be used with dot-separated nested keys:
+    #   I18n.t [:'baz.foo', :'baz.bar']
+    #
+    # Which is the same as using a scope option:
+    #   I18n.t [:foo, :bar], :scope => :baz
+    #
+    # *LAMBDAS*
+    #
+    # Both translations and defaults can be given as Ruby lambdas. Lambdas will be
+    # called and passed the key and options.
+    #
+    # E.g. assuming the key <tt>:salutation</tt> resolves to:
+    #   lambda { |key, options| options[:gender] == 'm' ? "Mr. {{options[:name]}}" : "Mrs. {{options[:name]}}" }
+    #
+    # Then <tt>I18n.t(:salutation, :gender => 'w', :name => 'Smith') will result in "Mrs. Smith".
+    #
+    # It is recommended to use/implement lambdas in an "idempotent" way. E.g. when
+    # a cache layer is put in front of I18n.translate it will generate a cache key
+    # from the argument values passed to #translate. Therefor your lambdas should
+    # always return the same translations/values per unique combination of argument
+    # values.
+    def translate(*args)
+      options = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
+      key     = args.shift
+      locale  = options.delete(:locale) || I18n.locale
+      backend.translate(locale, key, options)
+    rescue I18n::ArgumentError => exception
+      raise exception if options[:raise]
+      handle_exception(exception, locale, key, options)
+    end
+    alias :t :translate
+
+    def translate!(key, options = {})
+      translate(key, options.merge( :raise => true ))
+    end
+    alias :t! :translate!
+
+    # Localizes certain objects, such as dates and numbers to local formatting.
+    def localize(object, options = {})
+      locale = options[:locale] || I18n.locale
+      format = options[:format] || :default
+      backend.localize(locale, object, format)
+    end
+    alias :l :localize
+
+  protected
+
+    # Handles exceptions raised in the backend. All exceptions except for
+    # MissingTranslationData exceptions are re-raised. When a MissingTranslationData
+    # was caught and the option :raise is not set the handler returns an error
+    # message string containing the key/scope.
+    def default_exception_handler(exception, locale, key, options)
+      return exception.message if MissingTranslationData === exception
+      raise exception
+    end
+
+    # Any exceptions thrown in translate will be sent to the @@exception_handler
+    # which can be a Symbol, a Proc or any other Object.
+    #
+    # If exception_handler is a Symbol then it will simply be sent to I18n as
+    # a method call. A Proc will simply be called. In any other case the
+    # method #call will be called on the exception_handler object.
+    #
+    # Examples:
+    #
+    #   I18n.exception_handler = :default_exception_handler             # this is the default
+    #   I18n.default_exception_handler(exception, locale, key, options) # will be called like this
+    #
+    #   I18n.exception_handler = lambda { |*args| ... }                 # a lambda
+    #   I18n.exception_handler.call(exception, locale, key, options)    # will be called like this
+    #
+    #  I18n.exception_handler = I18nExceptionHandler.new                # an object
+    #  I18n.exception_handler.call(exception, locale, key, options)     # will be called like this
+    def handle_exception(exception, locale, key, options)
+      case @@exception_handler
+      when Symbol
+        send(@@exception_handler, exception, locale, key, options)
+      else
+        @@exception_handler.call(exception, locale, key, options)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Merges the given locale, key and scope into a single array of keys.
+    # Splits keys that contain dots into multiple keys. Makes sure all
+    # keys are Symbols.
+    def normalize_translation_keys(locale, key, scope, separator = nil)
+      keys = [locale] + Array(scope) + Array(key)
+      keys = keys.map { |k| k.to_s.split(separator || I18n.default_separator) }
+      keys.flatten.map { |k| k.to_sym }
+    end
+  end
+end

data/test/all.rb

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+Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/**/*_test.rb'].each do |file|
+  require file
+end