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[[Category:L20n Features|Entities vs Variables]]

== goal ==
we need to be able to recognize variables from a developer from entities located in resources

== example ==

We decided to separate the expression syntax used to call to other entities from the syntax used to reference developer provided variables.

Entities are referenced by a name, no changes here. But in order to reference a developer provided variable (either from the context or a call) a prefix "$" has to be used. It looks like this:

<pre>
<brandName {
  nominative: "Firefox",
  genitive: "Firefoksa"
}
  _gender: { mac: 'male', win: 'female' }
  accesskey: { mac: 'F', win: 'C'}
>

<about "About {{ brandName.nominative }}">
<update[brandName.._gender.win] {
  male: "{{ brandName }} has been updated.  The update took {{ $updateTime }} seconds."
  female: "{{ brandName..accesskey.mac }}"
}>
</pre>



== status ==
* open
* stas - ok
* gandalf - ok
* pike - ok