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Language and Dictionary Management: Next Steps


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Now that I can safely import and export dictionaries, it is up to me to
a) Add support for as many dictionaries as possible.
b) Create more languages which are supported to match those
dictionaries.
c) Implement the add all supported dictionaries on startup procedure.

The problem is that sure, on first launch, import all the
dictionaries. But what about on updated versions of words? I guess if
a person is HANDED a dictionary, then they use the regular import
command.
We are only talking about importing the supported dictionaries here,
the internal ones. So it is sufficient to add them all, or more
precisely, add all the dictionaries to the store on launch that
aren't already in the store.

This will slow start up down efficiently, but let's see how it goes.
The dictionaries are fairly light, and it wouldn't be too hard to
optimise the checking with versioning.

It seems to work. Haven't fully tested it yet though
The question is now, of course, will it scale, and work well under
the pressure of the real world as opposed to the toy world situation.


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