Clean the translation module

squirrelbattle/game.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from .interfaces import Map, Logs
 from .resources import ResourceManager
 from .settings import Settings
 from . import menus
-from .translations import gettext as _, setlocale
+from .translations import gettext as _, Translator
 from typing import Callable
 
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Game:
         self.settings = Settings()
         self.settings.load_settings()
         self.settings.write_settings()
-        setlocale(self.settings.LOCALE)
+        Translator.setlocale(self.settings.LOCALE)
         self.main_menu = menus.MainMenu()
         self.settings_menu = menus.SettingsMenu()
         self.settings_menu.update_values(self.settings)

squirrelbattle/menus.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from typing import Any, Optional
 from .display.texturepack import TexturePack
 from .enums import GameMode, KeyValues, DisplayActions
 from .settings import Settings
-from .translations import gettext as _, setlocale
+from .translations import gettext as _, Translator
 
 
 class Menu:
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class SettingsMenu(Menu):
                 elif option == "LOCALE":
                     game.settings.LOCALE = 'fr' if game.settings.LOCALE == 'en'\
                         else 'en'
-                    setlocale(game.settings.LOCALE)
+                    Translator.setlocale(game.settings.LOCALE)
                     game.settings.write_settings()
                     self.update_values(game.settings)
                 else:

squirrelbattle/tests/translations_test.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import unittest
 
-from squirrelbattle.translations import gettext as _, setlocale
+from squirrelbattle.translations import gettext as _, Translator
 
 
 class TestTranslations(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
-        setlocale("fr")
+        Translator.setlocale("fr")
 
     def test_main_menu_translation(self) -> None:
         """

squirrelbattle/translations.py

@@ -1,28 +1,44 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020 by ÿnérant, eichhornchen, nicomarg, charlse
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-import gettext
+import gettext as gt
+from typing import Any, List
 
 
-SUPPORTED_LOCALES = ["en", "fr"]
+class Translator:
-DEFAULT_LOCALE = "en"
+    """
+    This module uses gettext to translate strings.
+    Translator.setlocale defines the language of the strings,
+    then gettext() translates the message.
+    """
+    SUPPORTED_LOCALES: List[str] = ["en", "fr"]
+    locale: str = "en"
+    translators: dict = {}
 
-_current_locale = DEFAULT_LOCALE
+    for language in SUPPORTED_LOCALES:
-
+        translators[language] = gt.translation(
-_TRANSLATORS = dict()
+            "squirrelbattle",
-for language in SUPPORTED_LOCALES:
-    _TRANSLATORS[language] = gettext.translation("squirrelbattle",
             localedir="locale",
-                                                 languages=[language])
+            languages=[language],
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setlocale(cls, lang: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Define the language used to translate the game.
+        The language must be supported, otherwise nothing is done.
+        """
+        lang = lang[:2]
+        if lang in cls.SUPPORTED_LOCALES:
+            cls.locale = lang
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_translator(cls) -> Any:
+        return cls.translators.get(cls.locale)
 
 
 def gettext(message: str) -> str:
-    return _TRANSLATORS.get(_current_locale,
+    """
-                            _TRANSLATORS.get("en")).gettext(message)
+    Translate a message.
-
+    """
-
+    return Translator.get_translator().gettext(message)
-def setlocale(lang: str) -> None:
-    global _current_locale
-    lang = lang[:2]
-    if lang in SUPPORTED_LOCALES:
-        _current_locale = lang