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> A bit too simple

Why do you say that -- are there particular capabilities it is lacking?

Dynamic message references.

Like say you want to make message like X skeleton(s) attacked Y dragon(s) generic over type of attacker/defender.

Currently only option is to duplicate it or deal with it in program.

That doesn't work. You need to know the gender and actual number `X` of `X skeletons` to be able to (correctly ;) translate `attacked` in many languages. To correctly translate `X skeletons`, you need to know `X` and whether they are the attacker or being attacked. Same for `Y dragons`. In the end, you do not gain much but have a _really_ complex template (for such a simple phrase).

Sure it does, you need a way to pass arguments for case/gender etc. It's not impossible to make it work, I already implemented a prototype for it, but it requires changes to how it handles references.

See https://github.com/projectfluent/fluent/issues/80 for more details.

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