RFC: i18n: strict translation call-to-catalog mapping

[Oswald Buddenhagen]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 10:45:30AM +0200, Chusslove Illich wrote:
> > [: Oswald Buddenhagen :]
> > even small inefficiencies add up, so a functionally equivalent but
> > more efficient solution is generally preferable.
> 
> You have got to be kidding me. [...]
> 
if you consistently apply this attitude to "small things", you easily
waste 10% code size (or performance in other cases) *for no good reason
at all*. this may not sound like a lot, but may be the difference
between make or break on an embedded device. it's a mindset thing: "we
optimize, bacause we can", rather than "we ignore it, because we can
(usually)".