Partial revert of r56693 related to reverts in r56937: use old values for 'userlogin'
[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / languages / Language.php
index ab5a81a..32f9e8a 100644 (file)
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * @addtogroup Language
+ * @defgroup Language Language
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @ingroup Language
  */
 
 if( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
@@ -24,15 +27,20 @@ if( function_exists( 'mb_strtoupper' ) ) {
        mb_internal_encoding('UTF-8');
 }
 
-/* a fake language converter */
+/**
+ * a fake language converter
+ *
+ * @ingroup Language
+ */
 class FakeConverter {
        var $mLang;
        function FakeConverter($langobj) {$this->mLang = $langobj;}
+       function autoConvertToAllVariants($text) {return $text;}
        function convert($t, $i) {return $t;}
        function parserConvert($t, $p) {return $t;}
        function getVariants() { return array( $this->mLang->getCode() ); }
        function getPreferredVariant() {return $this->mLang->getCode(); }
-       function findVariantLink(&$l, &$n) {}
+       function findVariantLink(&$l, &$n, $ignoreOtherCond = false) {}
        function getExtraHashOptions() {return '';}
        function getParsedTitle() {return '';}
        function markNoConversion($text, $noParse=false) {return $text;}
@@ -41,30 +49,21 @@ class FakeConverter {
        function armourMath($text){ return $text; }
 }
 
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Internationalisation code
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+/**
+ * Internationalisation code
+ * @ingroup Language
+ */
 class Language {
        var $mConverter, $mVariants, $mCode, $mLoaded = false;
        var $mMagicExtensions = array(), $mMagicHookDone = false;
 
-       static public $mLocalisationKeys = array( 'fallback', 'namespaceNames',
-               'skinNames', 'mathNames', 
-               'bookstoreList', 'magicWords', 'messages', 'rtl', 'digitTransformTable', 
-               'separatorTransformTable', 'fallback8bitEncoding', 'linkPrefixExtension',
-               'defaultUserOptionOverrides', 'linkTrail', 'namespaceAliases', 
-               'dateFormats', 'datePreferences', 'datePreferenceMigrationMap', 
-               'defaultDateFormat', 'extraUserToggles', 'specialPageAliases' );
+       var $mNamespaceIds, $namespaceNames, $namespaceAliases;
+       var $dateFormatStrings = array();
+       var $minSearchLength;
+       var $mExtendedSpecialPageAliases;
 
-       static public $mMergeableMapKeys = array( 'messages', 'namespaceNames', 'mathNames', 
-               'dateFormats', 'defaultUserOptionOverrides', 'magicWords' );
-
-       static public $mMergeableListKeys = array( 'extraUserToggles' );
-
-       static public $mMergeableAliasListKeys = array( 'specialPageAliases' );
-
-       static public $mLocalisationCache = array();
+       static public $dataCache;
+       static public $mLangObjCache = array();
 
        static public $mWeekdayMsgs = array(
                'sunday', 'monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday',
@@ -112,14 +111,34 @@ class Language {
                'hebrew-calendar-m10-gen', 'hebrew-calendar-m11-gen', 'hebrew-calendar-m12-gen',
                'hebrew-calendar-m6a-gen', 'hebrew-calendar-m6b-gen'
        );
+       
+       static public $mHijriCalendarMonthMsgs = array(
+               'hijri-calendar-m1', 'hijri-calendar-m2', 'hijri-calendar-m3',
+               'hijri-calendar-m4', 'hijri-calendar-m5', 'hijri-calendar-m6',
+               'hijri-calendar-m7', 'hijri-calendar-m8', 'hijri-calendar-m9',
+               'hijri-calendar-m10', 'hijri-calendar-m11', 'hijri-calendar-m12'
+       );
 
        /**
-        * Create a language object for a given language code
+        * Get a cached language object for a given language code
         */
        static function factory( $code ) {
+               if ( !isset( self::$mLangObjCache[$code] ) ) {
+                       if( count( self::$mLangObjCache ) > 10 ) {
+                               // Don't keep a billion objects around, that's stupid.
+                               self::$mLangObjCache = array();
+                       }
+                       self::$mLangObjCache[$code] = self::newFromCode( $code );
+               }
+               return self::$mLangObjCache[$code];
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Create a language object for a given language code
+        */
+       protected static function newFromCode( $code ) {
                global $IP;
                static $recursionLevel = 0;
-
                if ( $code == 'en' ) {
                        $class = 'Language';
                } else {
@@ -140,16 +159,27 @@ class Language {
                if( ! class_exists( $class ) ) {
                        $fallback = Language::getFallbackFor( $code );
                        ++$recursionLevel;
-                       $lang = Language::factory( $fallback );
+                       $lang = Language::newFromCode( $fallback );
                        --$recursionLevel;
                        $lang->setCode( $code );
                } else {
                        $lang = new $class;
                }
-
                return $lang;
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Get the LocalisationCache instance
+        */
+       public static function getLocalisationCache() {
+               if ( is_null( self::$dataCache ) ) {
+                       global $wgLocalisationCacheConf;
+                       $class = $wgLocalisationCacheConf['class'];
+                       self::$dataCache = new $class( $wgLocalisationCacheConf );
+               }
+               return self::$dataCache;
+       }
+
        function __construct() {
                $this->mConverter = new FakeConverter($this);
                // Set the code to the name of the descendant
@@ -158,6 +188,16 @@ class Language {
                } else {
                        $this->mCode = str_replace( '_', '-', strtolower( substr( get_class( $this ), 8 ) ) );
                }
+               self::getLocalisationCache();
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Reduce memory usage
+        */
+       function __destruct() {
+               foreach ( $this as $name => $value ) {
+                       unset( $this->$name );
+               }
        }
 
        /**
@@ -167,16 +207,20 @@ class Language {
        function initContLang() {}
 
        /**
-        * @deprecated
+        * @deprecated Use User::getDefaultOptions()
         * @return array
         */
        function getDefaultUserOptions() {
-               trigger_error( 'Use of ' . __METHOD__ . ' is deprecated', E_USER_NOTICE );
+               wfDeprecated( __METHOD__ );
                return User::getDefaultOptions();
        }
 
        function getFallbackLanguageCode() {
-               return self::getFallbackFor( $this->mCode );
+               if ( $this->mCode === 'en' ) {
+                       return false;
+               } else {
+                       return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'fallback' );
+               }
        }
 
        /**
@@ -184,15 +228,34 @@ class Language {
         * @return array
         */
        function getBookstoreList() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->bookstoreList;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'bookstoreList' );
        }
 
        /**
         * @return array
         */
        function getNamespaces() {
-               $this->load();
+               if ( is_null( $this->namespaceNames ) ) {
+                       global $wgExtraNamespaces, $wgMetaNamespace, $wgMetaNamespaceTalk;
+                       
+                       $this->namespaceNames = self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'namespaceNames' );
+                       if ( $wgExtraNamespaces ) {
+                               $this->namespaceNames = $wgExtraNamespaces + $this->namespaceNames;
+                       }
+
+                       $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT] = $wgMetaNamespace;
+                       if ( $wgMetaNamespaceTalk ) {
+                               $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK] = $wgMetaNamespaceTalk;
+                       } else {
+                               $talk = $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK];
+                               $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK] =
+                                       $this->fixVariableInNamespace( $talk );
+                       }
+                       
+                       # The above mixing may leave namespaces out of canonical order.
+                       # Re-order by namespace ID number...
+                       ksort( $this->namespaceNames );
+               }
                return $this->namespaceNames;
        }
 
@@ -219,7 +282,7 @@ class Language {
         * echo $mw_ns; // prints 'MediaWiki'
         * </code>
         *
-        * @param int $index the array key of the namespace to return
+        * @param $index Int: the array key of the namespace to return
         * @return mixed, string if the namespace value exists, otherwise false
         */
        function getNsText( $index ) {
@@ -244,33 +307,78 @@ class Language {
         * Only matches namespace names for the current language, not the
         * canonical ones defined in Namespace.php.
         *
-        * @param string $text
+        * @param $text String
         * @return mixed An integer if $text is a valid value otherwise false
         */
        function getLocalNsIndex( $text ) {
-               $this->load();
                $lctext = $this->lc($text);
-               return isset( $this->mNamespaceIds[$lctext] ) ? $this->mNamespaceIds[$lctext] : false;
+               $ids = $this->getNamespaceIds();
+               return isset( $ids[$lctext] ) ? $ids[$lctext] : false;
+       }
+
+       function getNamespaceAliases() {
+               if ( is_null( $this->namespaceAliases ) ) {
+                       $aliases = self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'namespaceAliases' );
+                       if ( !$aliases ) {
+                               $aliases = array();
+                       } else {
+                               foreach ( $aliases as $name => $index ) {
+                                       if ( $index === NS_PROJECT_TALK ) {
+                                               unset( $aliases[$name] );
+                                               $name = $this->fixVariableInNamespace( $name );
+                                               $aliases[$name] = $index;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       $this->namespaceAliases = $aliases;
+               }
+               return $this->namespaceAliases;
+       }
+
+       function getNamespaceIds() {
+               if ( is_null( $this->mNamespaceIds ) ) {
+                       global $wgNamespaceAliases;
+                       # Put namespace names and aliases into a hashtable.
+                       # If this is too slow, then we should arrange it so that it is done 
+                       # before caching. The catch is that at pre-cache time, the above
+                       # class-specific fixup hasn't been done.
+                       $this->mNamespaceIds = array();
+                       foreach ( $this->getNamespaces() as $index => $name ) {
+                               $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
+                       }
+                       foreach ( $this->getNamespaceAliases() as $name => $index ) {
+                               $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
+                       }
+                       if ( $wgNamespaceAliases ) {
+                               foreach ( $wgNamespaceAliases as $name => $index ) {
+                                       $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               return $this->mNamespaceIds;
        }
 
+
        /**
         * Get a namespace key by value, case insensitive.  Canonical namespace
         * names override custom ones defined for the current language.
         *
-        * @param string $text
+        * @param $text String
         * @return mixed An integer if $text is a valid value otherwise false
         */
        function getNsIndex( $text ) {
-               $this->load();
                $lctext = $this->lc($text);
-               if( ( $ns = MWNamespace::getCanonicalIndex( $lctext ) ) !== null ) return $ns;
-               return isset( $this->mNamespaceIds[$lctext] ) ? $this->mNamespaceIds[$lctext] : false;
+               if ( ( $ns = MWNamespace::getCanonicalIndex( $lctext ) ) !== null ) {
+                       return $ns;
+               }
+               $ids = $this->getNamespaceIds();
+               return isset( $ids[$lctext] ) ? $ids[$lctext] : false;
        }
 
        /**
         * short names for language variants used for language conversion links.
         *
-        * @param string $code
+        * @param $code String
         * @return string
         */
        function getVariantname( $code ) {
@@ -282,7 +390,7 @@ class Language {
                if ( isset( $aliases[$name][0] ) ) {
                        $name = $aliases[$name][0];
                }
-               return $this->getNsText(NS_SPECIAL) . ':' . $name;
+               return $this->getNsText( NS_SPECIAL ) . ':' . $name;
        }
 
        function getQuickbarSettings() {
@@ -295,49 +403,42 @@ class Language {
                );
        }
 
-       function getSkinNames() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->skinNames;
-       }
-
        function getMathNames() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->mathNames;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'mathNames' );
        }
 
        function getDatePreferences() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->datePreferences;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'datePreferences' );
        }
        
        function getDateFormats() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->dateFormats;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'dateFormats' );
        }
 
        function getDefaultDateFormat() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->defaultDateFormat;
+               $df = self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'defaultDateFormat' );
+               if ( $df === 'dmy or mdy' ) {
+                       global $wgAmericanDates;
+                       return $wgAmericanDates ? 'mdy' : 'dmy';
+               } else {
+                       return $df;
+               }
        }
 
        function getDatePreferenceMigrationMap() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->datePreferenceMigrationMap;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'datePreferenceMigrationMap' );
+       }
+
+       function getImageFile( $image ) {
+               return self::$dataCache->getSubitem( $this->mCode, 'imageFiles', $image );
        }
 
        function getDefaultUserOptionOverrides() {
-               $this->load();
-               # XXX - apparently some languageas get empty arrays, didn't get to it yet -- midom
-               if (is_array($this->defaultUserOptionOverrides)) {
-                       return $this->defaultUserOptionOverrides;
-               } else {
-                       return array();
-               }
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'defaultUserOptionOverrides' );
        }
 
        function getExtraUserToggles() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->extraUserToggles;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'extraUserToggles' );
        }
 
        function getUserToggle( $tog ) {
@@ -372,21 +473,13 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        /**
-        * Ugly hack to get a message maybe from the MediaWiki namespace, if this
-        * language object is the content or user language.
+        * Get a message from the MediaWiki namespace.
+        *
+        * @param $msg String: message name
+        * @return string
         */
        function getMessageFromDB( $msg ) {
-               global $wgContLang, $wgLang;
-               if ( $wgContLang->getCode() == $this->getCode() ) {
-                       # Content language
-                       return wfMsgForContent( $msg );
-               } elseif ( $wgLang->getCode() == $this->getCode() ) {
-                       # User language
-                       return wfMsg( $msg );
-               } else {
-                       # Neither, get from localisation
-                       return $this->getMessage( $msg );
-               }
+               return wfMsgExt( $msg, array( 'parsemag', 'language' => $this ) );
        }
 
        function getLanguageName( $code ) {
@@ -428,52 +521,66 @@ class Language {
        function getHebrewCalendarMonthNameGen( $key ) {
                return $this->getMessageFromDB( self::$mHebrewCalendarMonthGenMsgs[$key-1] );
        }
-
-
+       
+       function getHijriCalendarMonthName( $key ) {
+               return $this->getMessageFromDB( self::$mHijriCalendarMonthMsgs[$key-1] );
+       }
+       
        /**
         * Used by date() and time() to adjust the time output.
-        * @public
-        * @param int   $ts the time in date('YmdHis') format
-        * @param mixed $tz adjust the time by this amount (default false,
-        *                  mean we get user timecorrection setting)
+        *
+        * @param $ts Int the time in date('YmdHis') format
+        * @param $tz Mixed: adjust the time by this amount (default false, mean we
+        *            get user timecorrection setting)
         * @return int
         */
        function userAdjust( $ts, $tz = false ) {
                global $wgUser, $wgLocalTZoffset;
 
-               if (!$tz) {
+               if ( $tz === false ) {
                        $tz = $wgUser->getOption( 'timecorrection' );
                }
 
-               # minutes and hours differences:
-               $minDiff = 0;
-               $hrDiff  = 0;
+               $data = explode( '|', $tz, 3 );
 
-               if ( $tz === '' ) {
-                       # Global offset in minutes.
-                       if( isset($wgLocalTZoffset) ) {
-                               if( $wgLocalTZoffset >= 0 ) {
-                                       $hrDiff = floor($wgLocalTZoffset / 60);
-                               } else {
-                                       $hrDiff = ceil($wgLocalTZoffset / 60);
-                               }
-                               $minDiff = $wgLocalTZoffset % 60;
+               if ( $data[0] == 'ZoneInfo' ) {
+                       if ( function_exists( 'timezone_open' ) && @timezone_open( $data[2] ) !== false ) {
+                               $date = date_create( $ts, timezone_open( 'UTC' ) );
+                               date_timezone_set( $date, timezone_open( $data[2] ) );
+                               $date = date_format( $date, 'YmdHis' );
+                               return $date;
                        }
-               } elseif ( strpos( $tz, ':' ) !== false ) {
-                       $tzArray = explode( ':', $tz );
-                       $hrDiff = intval($tzArray[0]);
-                       $minDiff = intval($hrDiff < 0 ? -$tzArray[1] : $tzArray[1]);
+                       # Unrecognized timezone, default to 'Offset' with the stored offset.
+                       $data[0] = 'Offset';
+               }
+
+               $minDiff = 0;
+               if ( $data[0] == 'System' || $tz == '' ) {
+                       # Global offset in minutes.
+                       if( isset($wgLocalTZoffset) ) $minDiff = $wgLocalTZoffset;
+               } else if ( $data[0] == 'Offset' ) {
+                       $minDiff = intval( $data[1] );
                } else {
-                       $hrDiff = intval( $tz );
+                       $data = explode( ':', $tz );
+                       if( count( $data ) == 2 ) {
+                               $data[0] = intval( $data[0] );
+                               $data[1] = intval( $data[1] );
+                               $minDiff = abs( $data[0] ) * 60 + $data[1];
+                               if ( $data[0] < 0 ) $minDiff = -$minDiff;
+                       } else {
+                               $minDiff = intval( $data[0] ) * 60;
+                       }
                }
 
                # No difference ? Return time unchanged
-               if ( 0 == $hrDiff && 0 == $minDiff ) { return $ts; }
+               if ( 0 == $minDiff ) return $ts;
 
                wfSuppressWarnings(); // E_STRICT system time bitching
-               # Generate an adjusted date
+               # Generate an adjusted date; take advantage of the fact that mktime
+               # will normalize out-of-range values so we don't have to split $minDiff 
+               # into hours and minutes.
                $t = mktime( (
-                 (int)substr( $ts, 8, 2) ) + $hrDiff, # Hours
+                 (int)substr( $ts, 8, 2) ), # Hours
                  (int)substr( $ts, 10, 2 ) + $minDiff, # Minutes
                  (int)substr( $ts, 12, 2 ), # Seconds
                  (int)substr( $ts, 4, 2 ), # Month
@@ -491,9 +598,10 @@ class Language {
         * internationalisation, a reduced set of format characters, and a better 
         * escaping format.
         *
-        * Supported format characters are dDjlNwzWFmMntLYyaAgGhHiscrU. See the 
-        * PHP manual for definitions. There are a number of extensions, which 
-        * start with "x":
+        * Supported format characters are dDjlNwzWFmMntLoYyaAgGhHiscrU. See the 
+        * PHP manual for definitions. "o" format character is supported since
+        * PHP 5.1.0, previous versions return literal o.
+        * There are a number of extensions, which start with "x":
         *
         *    xn   Do not translate digits of the next numeric format character
         *    xN   Toggle raw digit (xn) flag, stays set until explicitly unset
@@ -514,8 +622,18 @@ class Language {
         *    xjn  n (month number) in Hebrew calendar
         *    xjY  Y (full year) in Hebrew calendar
         *
+        *    xmj  j (day number) in Hijri calendar
+        *    xmF  F (month name) in Hijri calendar
+        *    xmn  n (month number) in Hijri calendar
+        *    xmY  Y (full year) in Hijri calendar
+        *
         *    xkY  Y (full year) in Thai solar calendar. Months and days are
         *                       identical to the Gregorian calendar
+        *    xoY  Y (full year) in Minguo calendar or Juche year.
+        *                       Months and days are identical to the
+        *                       Gregorian calendar
+        *    xtY  Y (full year) in Japanese nengo. Months and days are
+        *                       identical to the Gregorian calendar
         *
         * Characters enclosed in double quotes will be considered literal (with
         * the quotes themselves removed). Unmatched quotes will be considered
@@ -529,10 +647,12 @@ class Language {
         * Input timestamp is assumed to be pre-normalized to the desired local
         * time zone, if any.
         * 
-        * @param string $format
-        * @param string $ts 14-character timestamp
+        * @param $format String
+        * @param $ts String: 14-character timestamp
         *      YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
         *      01234567890123
+        * @todo emulation of "o" format character for PHP pre 5.1.0
+        * @todo handling of "o" format character for Iranian, Hebrew, Hijri & Thai?
         */
        function sprintfDate( $format, $ts ) {
                $s = '';
@@ -543,7 +663,10 @@ class Language {
                $rawToggle = false;
                $iranian = false;
                $hebrew = false;
+               $hijri = false;
                $thai = false;
+               $minguo = false;
+               $tenno = false;
                for ( $p = 0; $p < strlen( $format ); $p++ ) {
                        $num = false;
                        $code = $format[$p];
@@ -551,7 +674,7 @@ class Language {
                                $code .= $format[++$p];
                        }
 
-                       if ( ( $code === 'xi' || $code == 'xj' || $code == 'xk' ) && $p < strlen( $format ) - 1 ) {
+                       if ( ( $code === 'xi' || $code == 'xj' || $code == 'xk' || $code == 'xm' || $code == 'xo' || $code == 'xt' ) && $p < strlen( $format ) - 1 ) {
                                $code .= $format[++$p];
                        }
 
@@ -592,6 +715,10 @@ class Language {
                                        if ( !$iranian ) $iranian = self::tsToIranian( $ts );
                                        $num = $iranian[2];
                                        break;
+                               case 'xmj':
+                                       if ( !$hijri ) $hijri = self::tsToHijri( $ts );
+                                       $num = $hijri[2];
+                                       break;
                                case 'xjj':
                                        if ( !$hebrew ) $hebrew = self::tsToHebrew( $ts );
                                        $num = $hebrew[2];
@@ -624,6 +751,10 @@ class Language {
                                        if ( !$iranian ) $iranian = self::tsToIranian( $ts );
                                        $s .= $this->getIranianCalendarMonthName( $iranian[1] );
                                        break;
+                               case 'xmF':
+                                       if ( !$hijri ) $hijri = self::tsToHijri( $ts );
+                                       $s .= $this->getHijriCalendarMonthName( $hijri[1] );
+                                       break;
                                case 'xjF':
                                        if ( !$hebrew ) $hebrew = self::tsToHebrew( $ts );
                                        $s .= $this->getHebrewCalendarMonthName( $hebrew[1] );
@@ -641,6 +772,10 @@ class Language {
                                        if ( !$iranian ) $iranian = self::tsToIranian( $ts );
                                        $num = $iranian[1];
                                        break;
+                               case 'xmn':
+                                       if ( !$hijri ) $hijri = self::tsToHijri ( $ts );
+                                       $num = $hijri[1];
+                                       break;
                                case 'xjn':
                                        if ( !$hebrew ) $hebrew = self::tsToHebrew( $ts );
                                        $num = $hebrew[1];
@@ -657,6 +792,16 @@ class Language {
                                        if ( !$unix ) $unix = wfTimestamp( TS_UNIX, $ts );
                                        $num = gmdate( 'L', $unix );
                                        break;
+                               # 'o' is supported since PHP 5.1.0
+                               # return literal if not supported
+                               # TODO: emulation for pre 5.1.0 versions
+                               case 'o':
+                                       if ( !$unix ) $unix = wfTimestamp( TS_UNIX, $ts );
+                                       if ( version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.1.0') === 1 )
+                                               $num = date( 'o', $unix );
+                                       else
+                                               $s .= 'o';
+                                       break;
                                case 'Y':
                                        $num = substr( $ts, 0, 4 );
                                        break;
@@ -664,14 +809,26 @@ class Language {
                                        if ( !$iranian ) $iranian = self::tsToIranian( $ts );
                                        $num = $iranian[0];
                                        break;
+                               case 'xmY':
+                                       if ( !$hijri ) $hijri = self::tsToHijri( $ts );
+                                       $num = $hijri[0];
+                                       break;
                                case 'xjY':
                                        if ( !$hebrew ) $hebrew = self::tsToHebrew( $ts );
                                        $num = $hebrew[0];
                                        break;
                                case 'xkY':
-                                       if ( !$thai ) $thai = self::tsToThai( $ts );
+                                       if ( !$thai ) $thai = self::tsToYear( $ts, 'thai' );
                                        $num = $thai[0];
                                        break;
+                               case 'xoY':
+                                       if ( !$minguo ) $minguo = self::tsToYear( $ts, 'minguo' );
+                                       $num = $minguo[0];
+                                       break;
+                               case 'xtY':
+                                       if ( !$tenno ) $tenno = self::tsToYear( $ts, 'tenno' );
+                                       $num = $tenno[0];
+                                       break;
                                case 'y':
                                        $num = substr( $ts, 2, 2 );
                                        break;
@@ -816,6 +973,47 @@ class Language {
 
                return array($jy, $jm, $jd);
        }
+       /**
+        * Converting Gregorian dates to Hijri dates.
+        *
+        * Based on a PHP-Nuke block by Sharjeel which is released under GNU/GPL license
+        *
+        * @link http://phpnuke.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8234&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
+        */
+       private static function tsToHijri ( $ts ) {
+               $year = substr( $ts, 0, 4 );
+               $month = substr( $ts, 4, 2 );
+               $day = substr( $ts, 6, 2 );
+               
+               $zyr = $year;
+               $zd=$day;
+               $zm=$month;
+               $zy=$zyr;
+
+
+
+               if (($zy>1582)||(($zy==1582)&&($zm>10))||(($zy==1582)&&($zm==10)&&($zd>14)))
+                       {
+       
+       
+                                   $zjd=(int)((1461*($zy + 4800 + (int)( ($zm-14) /12) ))/4) + (int)((367*($zm-2-12*((int)(($zm-14)/12))))/12)-(int)((3*(int)(( ($zy+4900+(int)(($zm-14)/12))/100)))/4)+$zd-32075;
+                                   }
+                else
+                       {
+                                   $zjd = 367*$zy-(int)((7*($zy+5001+(int)(($zm-9)/7)))/4)+(int)((275*$zm)/9)+$zd+1729777;
+                       }
+               
+               $zl=$zjd-1948440+10632;
+               $zn=(int)(($zl-1)/10631);
+               $zl=$zl-10631*$zn+354;
+               $zj=((int)((10985-$zl)/5316))*((int)((50*$zl)/17719))+((int)($zl/5670))*((int)((43*$zl)/15238));
+               $zl=$zl-((int)((30-$zj)/15))*((int)((17719*$zj)/50))-((int)($zj/16))*((int)((15238*$zj)/43))+29;
+               $zm=(int)((24*$zl)/709);
+               $zd=$zl-(int)((709*$zm)/24);
+               $zy=30*$zn+$zj-30;
+
+               return array ($zy, $zm, $zd);
+       }
 
        /**
         * Converting Gregorian dates to Hebrew dates.
@@ -824,6 +1022,9 @@ class Language {
         * (abu-mami@kaluach.net, http://www.kaluach.net), who permitted
         * to translate the relevant functions into PHP and release them under
         * GNU GPL.
+        *
+        * The months are counted from Tishrei = 1. In a leap year, Adar I is 13
+        * and Adar II is 14. In a non-leap year, Adar is 6.
         */
        private static function tsToHebrew( $ts ) {
                # Parse date
@@ -989,26 +1190,72 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        /**
-        * Algorithm to convert Gregorian dates to Thai solar dates.
+        * Algorithm to convert Gregorian dates to Thai solar dates,
+        * Minguo dates or Minguo dates.
         *
         * Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_solar_calendar
+        *       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minguo_calendar
+        *       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_era_name
         *
-        * @param string $ts 14-character timestamp
+        * @param $ts String: 14-character timestamp, calender name
         * @return array converted year, month, day
         */
-       private static function tsToThai( $ts ) {
+       private static function tsToYear( $ts, $cName ) {
                $gy = substr( $ts, 0, 4 );
                $gm = substr( $ts, 4, 2 );
                $gd = substr( $ts, 6, 2 );
 
-               # Add 543 years to the Gregorian calendar
-               # Months and days are identical
-               $gy_thai = $gy + 543;
+               if (!strcmp($cName,'thai')) {
+                       # Thai solar dates
+                       # Add 543 years to the Gregorian calendar
+                       # Months and days are identical
+                       $gy_offset = $gy + 543;
+               } else if ((!strcmp($cName,'minguo')) || !strcmp($cName,'juche')) {
+                       # Minguo dates
+                       # Deduct 1911 years from the Gregorian calendar
+                       # Months and days are identical
+                       $gy_offset = $gy - 1911;
+               } else if (!strcmp($cName,'tenno')) {
+                       # Nengō dates up to Meiji period
+                       # Deduct years from the Gregorian calendar
+                       # depending on the nengo periods
+                       # Months and days are identical
+                       if (($gy < 1912) || (($gy == 1912) && ($gm < 7)) || (($gy == 1912) && ($gm == 7) && ($gd < 31))) {
+                               # Meiji period
+                               $gy_gannen = $gy - 1868 + 1;
+                               $gy_offset = $gy_gannen;
+                               if ($gy_gannen == 1)
+                                       $gy_offset = '元';
+                               $gy_offset = '明治'.$gy_offset;
+                       } else if ((($gy == 1912) && ($gm == 7) && ($gd == 31)) || (($gy == 1912) && ($gm >= 8)) || (($gy > 1912) && ($gy < 1926)) || (($gy == 1926) && ($gm < 12)) || (($gy == 1926) && ($gm == 12) && ($gd < 26))) {
+                               # Taishō period
+                               $gy_gannen = $gy - 1912 + 1;
+                               $gy_offset = $gy_gannen;
+                               if ($gy_gannen == 1)
+                                       $gy_offset = '元';
+                               $gy_offset = '大正'.$gy_offset;
+                       } else if ((($gy == 1926) && ($gm == 12) && ($gd >= 26)) || (($gy > 1926) && ($gy < 1989)) || (($gy == 1989) && ($gm == 1) && ($gd < 8))) {
+                               # Shōwa period
+                               $gy_gannen = $gy - 1926 + 1;
+                               $gy_offset = $gy_gannen;
+                               if ($gy_gannen == 1)
+                                       $gy_offset = '元';
+                               $gy_offset = '昭和'.$gy_offset;
+                       } else {
+                               # Heisei period
+                               $gy_gannen = $gy - 1989 + 1;
+                               $gy_offset = $gy_gannen;
+                               if ($gy_gannen == 1)
+                                       $gy_offset = '元';
+                               $gy_offset = '平成'.$gy_offset;
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       $gy_offset = $gy;
+               }
 
-               return array( $gy_thai, $gm, $gd );
+               return array( $gy_offset, $gm, $gd );
        }
 
-
        /**
         * Roman number formatting up to 3000
         */
@@ -1106,7 +1353,7 @@ class Language {
         * }
         *</code>
         *
-        * @param mixed $usePrefs: if true, the user's preference is used
+        * @param $usePrefs Mixed: if true, the user's preference is used
         *                         if false, the site/language default is used
         *                         if int/string, assumed to be a format.
         * @return string
@@ -1134,96 +1381,103 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        /**
-        * @public
-        * @param mixed  $ts the time format which needs to be turned into a
-        *               date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
-        * @param bool   $adj whether to adjust the time output according to the
-        *               user configured offset ($timecorrection)
-        * @param mixed  $format true to use user's date format preference
-        * @param string $timecorrection the time offset as returned by
-        *               validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
+        * Get a format string for a given type and preference
+        * @param $type May be date, time or both
+        * @param $pref The format name as it appears in Messages*.php
+        */
+       function getDateFormatString( $type, $pref ) {
+               if ( !isset( $this->dateFormatStrings[$type][$pref] ) ) {
+                       if ( $pref == 'default' ) {
+                               $pref = $this->getDefaultDateFormat();
+                               $df = self::$dataCache->getSubitem( $this->mCode, 'dateFormats', "$pref $type" );
+                       } else {
+                               $df = self::$dataCache->getSubitem( $this->mCode, 'dateFormats', "$pref $type" );
+                               if ( is_null( $df ) ) {
+                                       $pref = $this->getDefaultDateFormat();
+                                       $df = self::$dataCache->getSubitem( $this->mCode, 'dateFormats', "$pref $type" );
+                               }
+                       }
+                       $this->dateFormatStrings[$type][$pref] = $df;
+               }
+               return $this->dateFormatStrings[$type][$pref];
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * @param $ts Mixed: the time format which needs to be turned into a
+        *            date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
+        * @param $adj Bool: whether to adjust the time output according to the
+        *             user configured offset ($timecorrection)
+        * @param $format Mixed: true to use user's date format preference
+        * @param $timecorrection String: the time offset as returned by
+        *                        validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
         * @return string
         */
        function date( $ts, $adj = false, $format = true, $timecorrection = false ) {
-               $this->load();
                if ( $adj ) { 
                        $ts = $this->userAdjust( $ts, $timecorrection ); 
                }
-
-               $pref = $this->dateFormat( $format );
-               if( $pref == 'default' || !isset( $this->dateFormats["$pref date"] ) ) {
-                       $pref = $this->defaultDateFormat;
-               }
-               return $this->sprintfDate( $this->dateFormats["$pref date"], $ts );
+               $df = $this->getDateFormatString( 'date', $this->dateFormat( $format ) );
+               return $this->sprintfDate( $df, $ts );
        }
 
        /**
-       * @public
-       * @param mixed  $ts the time format which needs to be turned into a
-       *               date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
-       * @param bool   $adj whether to adjust the time output according to the
-       *               user configured offset ($timecorrection)
-       * @param mixed  $format true to use user's date format preference
-       * @param string $timecorrection the time offset as returned by
-       *               validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
-       * @return string
-       */
+        * @param $ts Mixed: the time format which needs to be turned into a
+        *            date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
+        * @param $adj Bool: whether to adjust the time output according to the
+        *             user configured offset ($timecorrection)
+        * @param $format Mixed: true to use user's date format preference
+        * @param $timecorrection String: the time offset as returned by
+        *                        validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
+        * @return string
+        */
        function time( $ts, $adj = false, $format = true, $timecorrection = false ) {
-               $this->load();
                if ( $adj ) { 
                        $ts = $this->userAdjust( $ts, $timecorrection ); 
                }
-
-               $pref = $this->dateFormat( $format );
-               if( $pref == 'default' || !isset( $this->dateFormats["$pref time"] ) ) {
-                       $pref = $this->defaultDateFormat;
-               }
-               return $this->sprintfDate( $this->dateFormats["$pref time"], $ts );
+               $df = $this->getDateFormatString( 'time', $this->dateFormat( $format ) );
+               return $this->sprintfDate( $df, $ts );
        }
 
        /**
-       * @public
-       * @param mixed  $ts the time format which needs to be turned into a
-       *               date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
-       * @param bool   $adj whether to adjust the time output according to the
-       *               user configured offset ($timecorrection)
-
-       * @param mixed  $format what format to return, if it's false output the
-       *               default one (default true)
-       * @param string $timecorrection the time offset as returned by
-       *               validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
-       * @return string
-       */
+        * @param $ts Mixed: the time format which needs to be turned into a
+        *            date('YmdHis') format with wfTimestamp(TS_MW,$ts)
+        * @param $adj Bool: whether to adjust the time output according to the
+        *             user configured offset ($timecorrection)
+        * @param $format Mixed: what format to return, if it's false output the
+        *                default one (default true)
+        * @param $timecorrection String: the time offset as returned by
+        *                        validateTimeZone() in Special:Preferences
+        * @return string
+        */
        function timeanddate( $ts, $adj = false, $format = true, $timecorrection = false) {
-               $this->load();
-
                $ts = wfTimestamp( TS_MW, $ts );
-
                if ( $adj ) { 
                        $ts = $this->userAdjust( $ts, $timecorrection ); 
                }
-
-               $pref = $this->dateFormat( $format );
-               if( $pref == 'default' || !isset( $this->dateFormats["$pref both"] ) ) {
-                       $pref = $this->defaultDateFormat;
-               }
-
-               return $this->sprintfDate( $this->dateFormats["$pref both"], $ts );
+               $df = $this->getDateFormatString( 'both', $this->dateFormat( $format ) );
+               return $this->sprintfDate( $df, $ts );
        }
 
        function getMessage( $key ) {
-               $this->load();
-               return isset( $this->messages[$key] ) ? $this->messages[$key] : null;
+               return self::$dataCache->getSubitem( $this->mCode, 'messages', $key );
        }
 
        function getAllMessages() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->messages;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'messages' );
        }
 
        function iconv( $in, $out, $string ) {
-               # For most languages, this is a wrapper for iconv
-               return iconv( $in, $out . '//IGNORE', $string );
+               # This is a wrapper for iconv in all languages except esperanto,
+               # which does some nasty x-conversions beforehand
+
+               # Even with //IGNORE iconv can whine about illegal characters in
+               # *input* string. We just ignore those too.
+               # REF: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=37166
+               # REF: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16885
+               wfSuppressWarnings();
+               $text = iconv( $in, $out . '//IGNORE', $string );
+               wfRestoreWarnings();
+               return $text;
        }
 
        // callback functions for uc(), lc(), ucwords(), ucwordbreaks()
@@ -1255,9 +1509,15 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        function ucfirst( $str ) {
-               if ( empty($str) ) return $str;
-               if ( ord($str[0]) < 128 ) return ucfirst($str);
-               else return self::uc($str,true); // fall back to more complex logic in case of multibyte strings
+               $o = ord( $str );
+               if ( $o < 96 ) {
+                       return $str;
+               } elseif ( $o < 128 ) {
+                       return ucfirst($str);
+               } else {
+                       // fall back to more complex logic in case of multibyte strings
+                       return self::uc($str,true); 
+               }
        }
 
        function uc( $str, $first = false ) {
@@ -1287,13 +1547,17 @@ class Language {
        }
        
        function lcfirst( $str ) {
-               if ( empty($str) ) return $str;
-               if ( is_string( $str ) && ord($str[0]) < 128 ) {
-                       // editing string in place = cool
-                       $str[0]=strtolower($str[0]);
+               $o = ord( $str );
+               if ( !$o ) {
+                       return strval( $str );
+               } elseif ( $o >= 128 ) {
+                       return self::lc( $str, true );
+               } elseif ( $o > 96 ) {
+                       return $str;
+               } else {
+                       $str[0] = strtolower( $str[0] );
                        return $str;
                }
-               else return self::lc( $str, true );
        }
 
        function lc( $str, $first = false ) {
@@ -1409,8 +1673,17 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        function fallback8bitEncoding() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->fallback8bitEncoding;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'fallback8bitEncoding' );
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Most writing systems use whitespace to break up words.
+        * Some languages such as Chinese don't conventionally do this,
+        * which requires special handling when breaking up words for
+        * searching etc.
+        */
+       function hasWordBreaks() {
+               return true;
        }
        
        /**
@@ -1418,8 +1691,8 @@ class Language {
         * or characters which need to be converted for MySQL's
         * indexing to grok it correctly. Make such changes here.
         *
-        * @param string $in
-        * @return string
+        * @param $string String
+        * @return String
         */
        function stripForSearch( $string ) {
                global $wgDBtype;
@@ -1427,25 +1700,72 @@ class Language {
                        return $string;
                }
 
-               # MySQL fulltext index doesn't grok utf-8, so we
-               # need to fold cases and convert to hex
 
                wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
-               if( function_exists( 'mb_strtolower' ) ) {
-                       $out = preg_replace(
-                               "/([\\xc0-\\xff][\\x80-\\xbf]*)/e",
-                               "'U8' . bin2hex( \"$1\" )",
-                               mb_strtolower( $string ) );
-               } else {
-                       list( , $wikiLowerChars ) = self::getCaseMaps();
+               
+               // MySQL fulltext index doesn't grok utf-8, so we
+               // need to fold cases and convert to hex
+               $out = preg_replace_callback(
+                       "/([\\xc0-\\xff][\\x80-\\xbf]*)/",
+                       array( $this, 'stripForSearchCallback' ),
+                       $this->lc( $string ) );
+               
+               // And to add insult to injury, the default indexing
+               // ignores short words... Pad them so we can pass them
+               // through without reconfiguring the server...
+               $minLength = $this->minSearchLength();
+               if( $minLength > 1 ) {
+                       $n = $minLength-1;
                        $out = preg_replace(
-                               "/([\\xc0-\\xff][\\x80-\\xbf]*)/e",
-                               "'U8' . bin2hex( strtr( \"\$1\", \$wikiLowerChars ) )",
-                               $string );
+                               "/\b(\w{1,$n})\b/",
+                               "$1u800",
+                               $out );
                }
+               
+               // Periods within things like hostnames and IP addresses
+               // are also important -- we want a search for "example.com"
+               // or "192.168.1.1" to work sanely.
+               //
+               // MySQL's search seems to ignore them, so you'd match on
+               // "example.wikipedia.com" and "192.168.83.1" as well.
+               $out = preg_replace(
+                       "/(\w)\.(\w|\*)/u",
+                       "$1u82e$2",
+                       $out );
+               
                wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
                return $out;
        }
+       
+       /**
+        * Armor a case-folded UTF-8 string to get through MySQL's
+        * fulltext search without being mucked up by funny charset
+        * settings or anything else of the sort.
+        */
+       protected function stripForSearchCallback( $matches ) {
+               return 'u8' . bin2hex( $matches[1] );
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Check MySQL server's ft_min_word_len setting so we know
+        * if we need to pad short words...
+        */
+       protected function minSearchLength() {
+               if( is_null( $this->minSearchLength ) ) {
+                       $sql = "show global variables like 'ft\\_min\\_word\\_len'";
+                       $dbr = wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
+                       $result = $dbr->query( $sql );
+                       $row = $result->fetchObject();
+                       $result->free();
+                       
+                       if( $row && $row->Variable_name == 'ft_min_word_len' ) {
+                               $this->minSearchLength = intval( $row->Value );
+                       } else {
+                               $this->minSearchLength = 0;
+                       }
+               }
+               return $this->minSearchLength;
+       }
 
        function convertForSearchResult( $termsArray ) {
                # some languages, e.g. Chinese, need to do a conversion
@@ -1456,7 +1776,7 @@ class Language {
        /**
         * Get the first character of a string. 
         *
-        * @param string $s
+        * @param $s string
         * @return string
         */
        function firstChar( $s ) {
@@ -1464,7 +1784,47 @@ class Language {
                preg_match( '/^([\x00-\x7f]|[\xc0-\xdf][\x80-\xbf]|' .
                '[\xe0-\xef][\x80-\xbf]{2}|[\xf0-\xf7][\x80-\xbf]{3})/', $s, $matches);
 
-               return isset( $matches[1] ) ? $matches[1] : "";
+               if ( isset( $matches[1] ) ) {
+                       if ( strlen( $matches[1] ) != 3 ) {
+                               return $matches[1];
+                       }
+                       
+                       // Break down Hangul syllables to grab the first jamo
+                       $code = utf8ToCodepoint( $matches[1] );
+                       if ( $code < 0xac00 || 0xd7a4 <= $code) {
+                               return $matches[1];
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xb098 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x84\xb1";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xb2e4 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x84\xb4";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xb77c ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x84\xb7";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xb9c8 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x84\xb9";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xbc14 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x81";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xc0ac ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x82";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xc544 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x85";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xc790 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x87";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xcc28 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x88";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xce74 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x8a";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xd0c0 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x8b";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xd30c ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x8c";
+                       } elseif ( $code < 0xd558 ) {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x8d";
+                       } else {
+                               return "\xe3\x85\x8e";
+                       }
+               } else {
+                       return "";
+               }
        }
 
        function initEncoding() {
@@ -1511,8 +1871,39 @@ class Language {
         * @return bool
         */
        function isRTL() { 
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->rtl;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'rtl' );
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Return the correct HTML 'dir' attribute value for this language.
+        * @return String
+        */
+       function getDir() {
+               return $this->isRTL() ? 'rtl' : 'ltr';
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Return 'left' or 'right' as appropriate alignment for line-start
+        * for this language's text direction.
+        *
+        * Should be equivalent to CSS3 'start' text-align value....
+        *
+        * @return String
+        */
+       function alignStart() {
+               return $this->isRTL() ? 'right' : 'left';
+       }
+       
+       /**
+        * Return 'right' or 'left' as appropriate alignment for line-end
+        * for this language's text direction.
+        *
+        * Should be equivalent to CSS3 'end' text-align value....
+        *
+        * @return String
+        */
+       function alignEnd() {
+               return $this->isRTL() ? 'left' : 'right';
        }
 
        /**
@@ -1524,6 +1915,10 @@ class Language {
                return $this->isRTL() ? "\xE2\x80\x8F" : "\xE2\x80\x8E";
        }
 
+       function capitalizeAllNouns() {
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'capitalizeAllNouns' );
+       }
+
        /**
         * An arrow, depending on the language direction
         *
@@ -1539,31 +1934,29 @@ class Language {
         * @return bool
         */
        function linkPrefixExtension() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->linkPrefixExtension;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'linkPrefixExtension' );
        }
 
-       function &getMagicWords() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->magicWords;
+       function getMagicWords() {
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'magicWords' );
        }
 
        # Fill a MagicWord object with data from here
-       function getMagic( &$mw ) {
+       function getMagic( $mw ) {
                if ( !$this->mMagicHookDone ) {
                        $this->mMagicHookDone = true;
+                       wfProfileIn( 'LanguageGetMagic' );
                        wfRunHooks( 'LanguageGetMagic', array( &$this->mMagicExtensions, $this->getCode() ) );
+                       wfProfileOut( 'LanguageGetMagic' );
                }
                if ( isset( $this->mMagicExtensions[$mw->mId] ) ) {
                        $rawEntry = $this->mMagicExtensions[$mw->mId];
                } else {
-                       $magicWords =& $this->getMagicWords();
+                       $magicWords = $this->getMagicWords();
                        if ( isset( $magicWords[$mw->mId] ) ) {
                                $rawEntry = $magicWords[$mw->mId];
                        } else {
-                               # Fall back to English if local list is incomplete
-                               $magicWords =& Language::getMagicWords();
-                               $rawEntry = $magicWords[$mw->mId];
+                               $rawEntry = false;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -1601,21 +1994,22 @@ class Language {
         *   case folded alias => real name
         */
        function getSpecialPageAliases() {
-               $this->load();
-               if ( !isset( $this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases ) ) {
-                       $this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases = $this->specialPageAliases;
-                       wfRunHooks( 'LanguageGetSpecialPageAliases', 
+               // Cache aliases because it may be slow to load them
+               if ( is_null( $this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases ) ) {
+                       // Initialise array
+                       $this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases = 
+                               self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'specialPageAliases' );
+                       wfRunHooks( 'LanguageGetSpecialPageAliases',
                                array( &$this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases, $this->getCode() ) );
                }
+
                return $this->mExtendedSpecialPageAliases;
        }
 
        /**
         * Italic is unsuitable for some languages
         *
-        * @public
-        *
-        * @param string $text The text to be emphasized.
+        * @param $text String: the text to be emphasized.
         * @return string
         */
        function emphasize( $text ) {
@@ -1623,40 +2017,40 @@ class Language {
        }
 
         /**
-        * Normally we output all numbers in plain en_US style, that is
-        * 293,291.235 for twohundredninetythreethousand-twohundredninetyone
-        * point twohundredthirtyfive. However this is not sutable for all
-        * languages, some such as Pakaran want ੨੯੩,੨੯੫.੨੩੫ and others such as
-        * Icelandic just want to use commas instead of dots, and dots instead
-        * of commas like "293.291,235".
-        *
-        * An example of this function being called:
-        * <code>
-        * wfMsg( 'message', $wgLang->formatNum( $num ) )
-        * </code>
-        *
-        * See LanguageGu.php for the Gujarati implementation and
-        * LanguageIs.php for the , => . and . => , implementation.
-        *
-        * @todo check if it's viable to use localeconv() for the decimal
-        *       seperator thing.
-        * @public
-        * @param mixed $number the string to be formatted, should be an integer or
-        *        a floating point number.
-        * @param bool $nocommafy Set to true for special numbers like dates
-        * @return string
-        */
+         * Normally we output all numbers in plain en_US style, that is
+         * 293,291.235 for twohundredninetythreethousand-twohundredninetyone
+         * point twohundredthirtyfive. However this is not sutable for all
+         * languages, some such as Pakaran want ੨੯੩,੨੯੫.੨੩੫ and others such as
+         * Icelandic just want to use commas instead of dots, and dots instead
+         * of commas like "293.291,235".
+         *
+         * An example of this function being called:
+         * <code>
+         * wfMsg( 'message', $wgLang->formatNum( $num ) )
+         * </code>
+         *
+         * See LanguageGu.php for the Gujarati implementation and
+         * $separatorTransformTable on MessageIs.php for
+         * the , => . and . => , implementation.
+         *
+         * @todo check if it's viable to use localeconv() for the decimal
+         *       separator thing.
+         * @param $number Mixed: the string to be formatted, should be an integer
+         *        or a floating point number.
+         * @param $nocommafy Bool: set to true for special numbers like dates
+         * @return string
+         */
        function formatNum( $number, $nocommafy = false ) {
                global $wgTranslateNumerals;
                if (!$nocommafy) {
                        $number = $this->commafy($number);
                        $s = $this->separatorTransformTable();
-                       if (!is_null($s)) { $number = strtr($number, $s); }
+                       if ($s) { $number = strtr($number, $s); }
                }
 
                if ($wgTranslateNumerals) {
                        $s = $this->digitTransformTable();
-                       if (!is_null($s)) { $number = strtr($number, $s); }
+                       if ($s) { $number = strtr($number, $s); }
                }
 
                return $number;
@@ -1664,10 +2058,10 @@ class Language {
 
        function parseFormattedNumber( $number ) {
                $s = $this->digitTransformTable();
-               if (!is_null($s)) { $number = strtr($number, array_flip($s)); }
+               if ($s) { $number = strtr($number, array_flip($s)); }
 
                $s = $this->separatorTransformTable();
-               if (!is_null($s)) { $number = strtr($number, array_flip($s)); }
+               if ($s) { $number = strtr($number, array_flip($s)); }
 
                $number = strtr( $number, array (',' => '') );
                return $number;
@@ -1676,7 +2070,7 @@ class Language {
        /**
         * Adds commas to a given number
         *
-        * @param mixed $_
+        * @param $_ mixed
         * @return string
         */
        function commafy($_) {
@@ -1684,35 +2078,75 @@ class Language {
        }
 
        function digitTransformTable() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->digitTransformTable;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'digitTransformTable' );
        }
 
        function separatorTransformTable() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->separatorTransformTable;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'separatorTransformTable' );
        }
 
 
        /**
-        * For the credit list in includes/Credits.php (action=credits)
+        * Take a list of strings and build a locale-friendly comma-separated
+        * list, using the local comma-separator message.
+        * The last two strings are chained with an "and".
         *
-        * @param array $l
+        * @param $l Array
         * @return string
         */
        function listToText( $l ) {
                $s = '';
-               $m = count($l) - 1;
-               for ($i = $m; $i >= 0; $i--) {
-                       if ($i == $m) {
-                               $s = $l[$i];
-                       } else if ($i == $m - 1) {
-                               $s = $l[$i] . ' ' . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'and' ) . ' ' . $s;
-                       } else {
-                               $s = $l[$i] . ', ' . $s;
+               $m = count( $l ) - 1;
+               if( $m == 1 ) {
+                       return $l[0] . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'and' ) . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'word-separator' ) . $l[1];
+               }
+               else {
+                       for ( $i = $m; $i >= 0; $i-- ) {
+                               if ( $i == $m ) {
+                                       $s = $l[$i];
+                               } else if( $i == $m - 1 ) {
+                                       $s = $l[$i] . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'and' ) . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'word-separator' ) . $s;
+                               } else {
+                                       $s = $l[$i] . $this->getMessageFromDB( 'comma-separator' ) . $s;
+                               }
                        }
+                       return $s;
                }
-               return $s;
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Take a list of strings and build a locale-friendly comma-separated
+        * list, using the local comma-separator message.
+        * @param $list array of strings to put in a comma list
+        * @return string
+        */
+       function commaList( $list ) {
+               return implode(
+                       $list,
+                       wfMsgExt( 'comma-separator', array( 'parsemag', 'escapenoentities', 'language' => $this ) ) );
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Take a list of strings and build a locale-friendly semicolon-separated
+        * list, using the local semicolon-separator message.
+        * @param $list array of strings to put in a semicolon list
+        * @return string
+        */
+       function semicolonList( $list ) {
+               return implode(
+                       $list,
+                       wfMsgExt( 'semicolon-separator', array( 'parsemag', 'escapenoentities', 'language' => $this ) ) );
+       }
+
+       /**
+        * Same as commaList, but separate it with the pipe instead.
+        * @param $list array of strings to put in a pipe list
+        * @return string
+        */
+       function pipeList( $list ) {
+               return implode(
+                       $list,
+                       wfMsgExt( 'pipe-separator', array( 'escapenoentities', 'language' => $this ) ) );
        }
 
        /**
@@ -1725,12 +2159,17 @@ class Language {
         *
         * If $length is negative, the string will be truncated from the beginning
         *       
-        * @param string $string String to truncate
-        * @param int $length Maximum length (excluding ellipses)
-        * @param string $ellipses String to append to the truncated text
+        * @param $string String to truncate
+        * @param $length Int: maximum length (excluding ellipses)
+        * @param $ellipsis String to append to the truncated text
         * @return string
         */
-       function truncate( $string, $length, $ellipsis = "" ) {
+       function truncate( $string, $length, $ellipsis = '...' ) {
+               # Use the localized ellipsis character
+               if( $ellipsis == '...' ) {
+                       $ellipsis = wfMsgExt( 'ellipsis', array( 'escapenoentities', 'language' => $this ) );
+               }
+
                if( $length == 0 ) {
                        return $ellipsis;
                }
@@ -1747,7 +2186,7 @@ class Language {
                        } elseif( $char >= 0x80 &&
                                  preg_match( '/^(.*)(?:[\xe0-\xef][\x80-\xbf]|' .
                                              '[\xf0-\xf7][\x80-\xbf]{1,2})$/', $string, $m ) ) {
-                           # We chopped in the middle of a character; remove it
+                               # We chopped in the middle of a character; remove it
                                $string = $m[1];
                        }
                        return $string . $ellipsis;
@@ -1766,8 +2205,8 @@ class Language {
         * Grammatical transformations, needed for inflected languages
         * Invoked by putting {{grammar:case|word}} in a message
         *
-        * @param string $word
-        * @param string $case
+        * @param $word string
+        * @param $case string
         * @return string
         */
        function convertGrammar( $word, $case ) {
@@ -1778,6 +2217,22 @@ class Language {
                return $word;
        }
 
+       /**
+        * Provides an alternative text depending on specified gender.
+        * Usage {{gender:username|masculine|feminine|neutral}}.
+        * username is optional, in which case the gender of current user is used,
+        * but only in (some) interface messages; otherwise default gender is used.
+        * If second or third parameter are not specified, masculine is used.
+        * These details may be overriden per language.
+        */
+       function gender( $gender, $forms ) {
+               if ( !count($forms) ) { return ''; }
+               $forms = $this->preConvertPlural( $forms, 2 );
+               if ( $gender === 'male' ) return $forms[0];
+               if ( $gender === 'female' ) return $forms[1];
+               return isset($forms[2]) ? $forms[2] : $forms[0];
+       }
+
        /**
         * Plural form transformations, needed for some languages.
         * For example, there are 3 form of plural in Russian and Polish,
@@ -1789,23 +2244,23 @@ class Language {
         *
         * Example: {{plural:{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}|article|articles}}
         *
-        * @param integer $count Non-localized number
-        * @param array $forms Different plural forms
+        * @param $count Integer: non-localized number
+        * @param $forms Array: different plural forms
         * @return string Correct form of plural for $count in this language
         */
        function convertPlural( $count, $forms ) {
                if ( !count($forms) ) { return ''; }
                $forms = $this->preConvertPlural( $forms, 2 );
 
-               return ( abs($count) == 1 ) ? $forms[0] : $forms[1];
+               return ( $count == 1 ) ? $forms[0] : $forms[1];
        }
 
        /**
         * Checks that convertPlural was given an array and pads it to requested
         * amound of forms by copying the last one.
         *
-        * @param integer $count How many forms should there be at least
-        * @param array $forms Array of forms given to convertPlural
+        * @param $count Integer: How many forms should there be at least
+        * @param $forms Array of forms given to convertPlural
         * @return array Padded array of forms or an exception if not an array
         */
        protected function preConvertPlural( /* Array */ $forms, $count ) {
@@ -1817,7 +2272,7 @@ class Language {
 
        /**
         * For translaing of expiry times
-        * @param string The validated block time in English
+        * @param $str String: the validated block time in English
         * @return Somehow translated block time
         * @see LanguageFi.php for example implementation
         */
@@ -1845,8 +2300,8 @@ class Language {
         * languages like Chinese need to be segmented in order for the diff
         * to be of any use
         *
-        * @param string $text
-        * @return string
+        * @param $text String
+        * @return String
         */
        function segmentForDiff( $text ) {
                return $text;
@@ -1855,13 +2310,18 @@ class Language {
        /**
         * and unsegment to show the result
         *
-        * @param string $text
-        * @return string
+        * @param $text String
+        * @return String
         */
        function unsegmentForDiff( $text ) {
                return $text;
        }
 
+       # convert text to all supported variants
+       function autoConvertToAllVariants($text) {
+               return $this->mConverter->autoConvertToAllVariants($text);
+       }
+
        # convert text to different variants of a language.
        function convert( $text, $isTitle = false) {
                return $this->mConverter->convert($text, $isTitle);
@@ -1885,8 +2345,8 @@ class Language {
 
        /**
         * Perform output conversion on a string, and encode for safe HTML output.
-        * @param string $text
-        * @param bool $isTitle -- wtf?
+        * @param $text String text to be converted
+        * @param $isTitle Bool whether this conversion is for the article title
         * @return string
         * @todo this should get integrated somewhere sane
         */
@@ -1919,12 +2379,14 @@ class Language {
         * actually exists in another variant. this function
         * tries to find it. See e.g. LanguageZh.php
         *
-        * @param string $link the name of the link
-        * @param mixed $nt the title object of the link
+        * @param $link String: the name of the link
+        * @param $nt Mixed: the title object of the link
+        * @param boolean $ignoreOtherCond: to disable other conditions when
+        *      we need to transclude a template or update a category's link
         * @return null the input parameters may be modified upon return
         */
-       function findVariantLink( &$link, &$nt ) {
-               $this->mConverter->findVariantLink($link, $nt);
+       function findVariantLink( &$link, &$nt, $ignoreOtherCond = false ) {
+               $this->mConverter->findVariantLink( $link, $nt, $ignoreOtherCond );
        }
 
        /**
@@ -1932,7 +2394,6 @@ class Language {
         * into an array of all possible variants of the text:
         *  'variant' => text in that variant
         */
-
        function convertLinkToAllVariants($text){
                return $this->mConverter->convertLinkToAllVariants($text);
        }
@@ -1943,7 +2404,6 @@ class Language {
         * for example, the preferred language variant
         *
         * @return string
-        * @public
         */
        function getExtraHashOptions() {
                return $this->mConverter->getExtraHashOptions();
@@ -1964,9 +2424,10 @@ class Language {
         * Enclose a string with the "no conversion" tag. This is used by
         * various functions in the Parser
         *
-        * @param string $text text to be tagged for no conversion
+        * @param $text String: text to be tagged for no conversion
+        * @param $noParse
         * @return string the tagged text
-       */
+        */
        function markNoConversion( $text, $noParse=false ) {
                return $this->mConverter->markNoConversion( $text, $noParse );
        }
@@ -1976,11 +2437,9 @@ class Language {
         * which should be merged onto a link of the form [[foo]]bar.
         *
         * @return string
-        * @public
         */
        function linkTrail() {
-               $this->load();
-               return $this->linkTrail;
+               return self::$dataCache->getItem( $this->mCode, 'linkTrail' );
        }
 
        function getLangObj() {
@@ -2012,278 +2471,46 @@ class Language {
                return self::getFileName( "$IP/languages/classes/Language", $code, '.php' );
        }
        
-       static function getLocalisationArray( $code, $disableCache = false ) {
-               self::loadLocalisation( $code, $disableCache );
-               return self::$mLocalisationCache[$code];
-       }
-
-       /**
-        * Load localisation data for a given code into the static cache
-        *
-        * @return array Dependencies, map of filenames to mtimes
-        */
-       static function loadLocalisation( $code, $disableCache = false ) {
-               static $recursionGuard = array();
-               global $wgMemc, $wgCheckSerialized;
-
-               if ( !$code ) {
-                       throw new MWException( "Invalid language code requested" );
-               }
-
-               if ( !$disableCache ) {
-                       # Try the per-process cache
-                       if ( isset( self::$mLocalisationCache[$code] ) ) {
-                               return self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['deps'];
-                       }
-
-                       wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
-
-                       # Try the serialized directory
-                       $cache = wfGetPrecompiledData( self::getFileName( "Messages", $code, '.ser' ) );
-                       if ( $cache ) {
-                               if ( $wgCheckSerialized && self::isLocalisationOutOfDate( $cache ) ) {
-                                       $cache = false;
-                                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): precompiled data file for $code is out of date\n" );
-                               } else {
-                                       self::$mLocalisationCache[$code] = $cache;
-                                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): got localisation for $code from precompiled data file\n" );
-                                       wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
-                                       return self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['deps'];
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       # Try the global cache
-                       $memcKey = wfMemcKey('localisation', $code );
-                       $fbMemcKey = wfMemcKey('fallback', $cache['fallback'] );
-                       $cache = $wgMemc->get( $memcKey );
-                       if ( $cache ) {
-                               if ( self::isLocalisationOutOfDate( $cache ) ) {
-                                       $wgMemc->delete( $memcKey );
-                                       $wgMemc->delete( $fbMemcKey );
-                                       $cache = false;
-                                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): localisation cache for $code had expired\n" );
-                               } else {
-                                       self::$mLocalisationCache[$code] = $cache;
-                                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): got localisation for $code from cache\n" );
-                                       wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
-                                       return $cache['deps'];
-                               }
-                       }
-               } else {
-                       wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
-               }
-
-               # Default fallback, may be overridden when the messages file is included
-               if ( $code != 'en' ) {
-                       $fallback = 'en';
-               } else {
-                       $fallback = false;
-               }
-
-               # Load the primary localisation from the source file
-               $filename = self::getMessagesFileName( $code );
-               if ( !file_exists( $filename ) ) {
-                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): no localisation file for $code, using implicit fallback to en\n" );
-                       $cache = array();
-                       $deps = array();
-               } else {
-                       $deps = array( $filename => filemtime( $filename ) );
-                       require( $filename );
-                       $cache = compact( self::$mLocalisationKeys );   
-                       wfDebug( "Language::loadLocalisation(): got localisation for $code from source\n" );
-               }
-
-               if ( !empty( $fallback ) ) {
-                       # Load the fallback localisation, with a circular reference guard
-                       if ( isset( $recursionGuard[$code] ) ) {
-                               throw new MWException( "Error: Circular fallback reference in language code $code" );
-                       }
-                       $recursionGuard[$code] = true;
-                       $newDeps = self::loadLocalisation( $fallback, $disableCache );
-                       unset( $recursionGuard[$code] );
-
-                       $secondary = self::$mLocalisationCache[$fallback];
-                       $deps = array_merge( $deps, $newDeps );
-
-                       # Merge the fallback localisation with the current localisation
-                       foreach ( self::$mLocalisationKeys as $key ) {
-                               if ( isset( $cache[$key] ) ) {
-                                       if ( isset( $secondary[$key] ) ) {
-                                               if ( in_array( $key, self::$mMergeableMapKeys ) ) {
-                                                       $cache[$key] = $cache[$key] + $secondary[$key];
-                                               } elseif ( in_array( $key, self::$mMergeableListKeys ) ) {
-                                                       $cache[$key] = array_merge( $secondary[$key], $cache[$key] );
-                                               } elseif ( in_array( $key, self::$mMergeableAliasListKeys ) ) {
-                                                       $cache[$key] = array_merge_recursive( $cache[$key], $secondary[$key] );
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               } else {
-                                       $cache[$key] = $secondary[$key];
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       # Merge bookstore lists if requested
-                       if ( !empty( $cache['bookstoreList']['inherit'] ) ) {
-                               $cache['bookstoreList'] = array_merge( $cache['bookstoreList'], $secondary['bookstoreList'] );
-                       }
-                       if ( isset( $cache['bookstoreList']['inherit'] ) ) {
-                               unset( $cache['bookstoreList']['inherit'] );
-                       }
-               }
-               
-               # Add dependencies to the cache entry
-               $cache['deps'] = $deps;
-
-               # Replace spaces with underscores in namespace names
-               $cache['namespaceNames'] = str_replace( ' ', '_', $cache['namespaceNames'] );
-
-               # And do the same for specialpage aliases. $page is an array.
-               foreach ( $cache['specialPageAliases'] as &$page ) {
-                       $page = str_replace( ' ', '_', $page );
-               }
-               # Decouple the reference to prevent accidental damage
-               unset($page);
-               
-               # Save to both caches
-               self::$mLocalisationCache[$code] = $cache;
-               if ( !$disableCache ) {
-                       $wgMemc->set( $memcKey, $cache );
-                       $wgMemc->set( $fbMemcKey, $cache['fallback'] );
-               }
-
-               wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
-               return $deps;
-       }
-
-       /**
-        * Test if a given localisation cache is out of date with respect to the 
-        * source Messages files. This is done automatically for the global cache
-        * in $wgMemc, but is only done on certain occasions for the serialized 
-        * data file.
-        *
-        * @param $cache mixed Either a language code or a cache array
-        */
-       static function isLocalisationOutOfDate( $cache ) {
-               if ( !is_array( $cache ) ) {
-                       self::loadLocalisation( $cache );
-                       $cache = self::$mLocalisationCache[$cache];
-               }
-               $expired = false;
-               foreach ( $cache['deps'] as $file => $mtime ) {
-                       if ( !file_exists( $file ) || filemtime( $file ) > $mtime ) {
-                               $expired = true;
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               return $expired;
-       }
-       
        /**
         * Get the fallback for a given language
         */
        static function getFallbackFor( $code ) {
-               global $wgMemc;
-               $memcKey = wfMemcKey('fallback', $code );
-               $fbcode = $wgMemc->get( $memcKey );
-
-               if ( $fbcode !== null ) {
-                       wfDebug( __METHOD__ . ": got fallback for $code from memc: $fbcode\n" );
-                       return $fbcode;
+               if ( $code === 'en' ) {
+                       // Shortcut
+                       return false;
+               } else {
+                       return self::getLocalisationCache()->getItem( $code, 'fallback' );
                }
-               
-               self::loadLocalisation( $code );
-               $fbcode = self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['fallback'];
-               $wgMemc->set( $memcKey, $fbcode );
-               return $fbcode;
        }
 
        /** 
         * Get all messages for a given language
+        * WARNING: this may take a long time
         */
        static function getMessagesFor( $code ) {
-               self::loadLocalisation( $code );
-               return self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['messages'];
+               return self::getLocalisationCache()->getItem( $code, 'messages' );
        }
 
        /** 
         * Get a message for a given language
         */
        static function getMessageFor( $key, $code ) {
-               self::loadLocalisation( $code );
-               return isset( self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['messages'][$key] ) ? self::$mLocalisationCache[$code]['messages'][$key] : null;
+               return self::getLocalisationCache()->getSubitem( $code, 'messages', $key );
        }
 
-       /**
-        * Load localisation data for this object
-        */
-       function load() {
-               if ( !$this->mLoaded ) {
-                       self::loadLocalisation( $this->getCode() );
-                       $cache =& self::$mLocalisationCache[$this->getCode()];
-                       foreach ( self::$mLocalisationKeys as $key ) {
-                               $this->$key = $cache[$key];
-                       }
-                       $this->mLoaded = true;
+       function fixVariableInNamespace( $talk ) {
+               if ( strpos( $talk, '$1' ) === false ) return $talk;
 
-                       $this->fixUpSettings();
-               }
-       }
-
-       /**
-        * Do any necessary post-cache-load settings adjustment
-        */
-       function fixUpSettings() {
-               global $wgExtraNamespaces, $wgMetaNamespace, $wgMetaNamespaceTalk,
-                       $wgNamespaceAliases, $wgAmericanDates;
-               wfProfileIn( __METHOD__ );
-               if ( $wgExtraNamespaces ) {
-                       $this->namespaceNames = $wgExtraNamespaces + $this->namespaceNames;
-               }
+               global $wgMetaNamespace;
+               $talk = str_replace( '$1', $wgMetaNamespace, $talk );
 
-               $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT] = $wgMetaNamespace;
-               if ( $wgMetaNamespaceTalk ) {
-                       $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK] = $wgMetaNamespaceTalk;
-               } else {
-                       $talk = $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK];
-                       $talk = str_replace( '$1', $wgMetaNamespace, $talk );
-
-                       # Allow grammar transformations
-                       # Allowing full message-style parsing would make simple requests 
-                       # such as action=raw much more expensive than they need to be. 
-                       # This will hopefully cover most cases.
-                       $talk = preg_replace_callback( '/{{grammar:(.*?)\|(.*?)}}/i', 
-                               array( &$this, 'replaceGrammarInNamespace' ), $talk );
-                       $talk = str_replace( ' ', '_', $talk );
-                       $this->namespaceNames[NS_PROJECT_TALK] = $talk;
-               }
-               
-               # The above mixing may leave namespaces out of canonical order.
-               # Re-order by namespace ID number...
-               ksort( $this->namespaceNames );
-
-               # Put namespace names and aliases into a hashtable.
-               # If this is too slow, then we should arrange it so that it is done 
-               # before caching. The catch is that at pre-cache time, the above
-               # class-specific fixup hasn't been done.
-               $this->mNamespaceIds = array();
-               foreach ( $this->namespaceNames as $index => $name ) {
-                       $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
-               }
-               if ( $this->namespaceAliases ) {
-                       foreach ( $this->namespaceAliases as $name => $index ) {
-                               $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
-                       }
-               }
-               if ( $wgNamespaceAliases ) {
-                       foreach ( $wgNamespaceAliases as $name => $index ) {
-                               $this->mNamespaceIds[$this->lc($name)] = $index;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               if ( $this->defaultDateFormat == 'dmy or mdy' ) {
-                       $this->defaultDateFormat = $wgAmericanDates ? 'mdy' : 'dmy';
-               }
-               wfProfileOut( __METHOD__ );
+               # Allow grammar transformations
+               # Allowing full message-style parsing would make simple requests 
+               # such as action=raw much more expensive than they need to be. 
+               # This will hopefully cover most cases.
+               $talk = preg_replace_callback( '/{{grammar:(.*?)\|(.*?)}}/i', 
+                       array( &$this, 'replaceGrammarInNamespace' ), $talk );
+               return str_replace( ' ', '_', $talk );
        }
 
        function replaceGrammarInNamespace( $m ) {