Module talk:Plain text

strip_apostrophe_markup

@Galobtter: The function string.gsub() is quite forgiving, so you don't need to test for each case. Also ' doesn't need to be escaped when used as a search pattern. You can't sensibly export the strip_apostrophe_markup function, so it should be local, or could just go inline. You can simplify strip_apostrophe_markup to

local function strip_apostrophe_markup(txt)
	txt = txt:gsub("'''''", ""):gsub("''''", ""):gsub("'''", ""):gsub("''", "")
	return txt
end

In the main function, text should be a local variable:

local text = frame.args[1]

I don't like altering code while others are developing it, so I'll leave you to update it as you see fit. --RexxS (talk) 19:56, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RexxS the second point - yeah I forgot to localize - regarding the strip_apostrophe_markup(txt), yeah I was also wondering why there were so many ifs etc, but I was too lazy to look over it (as you can see, I just copied it from Module:Citation/CS1/COinS). Wonder if the same change should be done on Module:Citation/CS1/COinS - ping Trappist the monk on that Galobtter (pingó mió) 20:05, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- It's best to use the ustring library (as you have done), mainly because the module is likely to be reused in other languages, so your new code ends up not quite as simple, but is still fine. Nice work! --RexxS (talk) 20:36, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  - Thanks! Yeah it is good to allow easy reuse., plus we ourselves use unicode characters occasionally for places I believe Galobtter (pingó mió) 20:43, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]