Does code-first approach support resx comments?

[zigzag312]

Is there a way to generate comments in .resx file (to add contexts to resources) using code-first approach?

[earloc]

Currently not.

But I think this might actually be easy to add (and also would be a really nice addition).

We just would need to think about, which part of a structured XML-comment to use.
f.e.:

    /// <summary>
    /// Hello World Default Value
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// remarks as comment in resx
    /// </remarks>
    /// <example>
    /// example as comment in resx
    /// </example>

Spontaneously, I would say remarks is best suited for this.

[zigzag312]

Thanks! Remarks tag seems like the most logical choice.

How come XML comments are used by this generator? Wouldn't attributes be more idiomatic?

[earloc]

Honestly, when the whole idea of code-first sparked and I did my first experiments, I just wanted to test what is possible.
And XML-comments also might have the benefit, that they show up in autocomplete, so you directly see, what will be the default text.

And I was quite intrigued, how the <param ref="param Name" > works out, to get the string-formatted placholder into place 😜.

But yeah, attributes might come in handy, when XML-comments are exhausted, structurewise.

For the Moment, it just works 🤗.

[zigzag312]

And XML-comments also might have the benefit, that they show up in autocomplete, so you directly see, what will be the default text.

Isn't it possible to add XML-comments during code gen?

But of course, since it already works, there's no real need to change it :)

[earloc]

Tracked via #275

[earloc]

will be part of v0.13, see latest pre-release:
https://github.com/earloc/TypealizR/releases/tag/v0.13.1-pre01

[zigzag312]

That's great, thank you!