Metadata as list rather than tibble?

[leeper]

What do you think of making the metadata element of a the "po" object a list rather than a tibble? This will make it easier to assign values when generating a translation from a pot file.

[richierocks]

I actually started with metadata as a list. I changed it because I was trying to stick to tidyverse principles, and because tibbles are easier to read (with eyeballs). You are right that the assignment syntax is much clumsier than with lists.

I guess our options are

• keep using tibbles and write wrapper functions to make it easier to assign/manipulate the metadata.
• switch back to lists and write a print function to make the output easier to read.

I don't have a strong preference either way; let me know which you prefer.

[leeper]

Let's sit on it for now. I've got msgtools working with the existing format so it's not urgent. If it becomes annoying later on, we can change it.