[xliff-tools] The PO entries

[David Fraser]

Bruno Haible wrote:

>* 1.4 PO entry
>
>I would recommend not to assign numeric IDs like "##1".
>They would make it impossible to copy & paste from an XLIFF file to another
>one. (This is not the main way to use XML files, but as an emergency escape
>it should nevertheless work.) Better use random 32-bit numbers such as
>"E4D109FA"; this will reduce the probability of a clash.
>  
>
If we're going to use something like this, what about a hash of the 
source code and line number (maybe with an ID for disambiguation)?
That way different converters can produce the same ID

David