Added USE_I18N setting, which lets you turn off internationalization overhead with a single setting. Defaults to True. Currently only affects the admin i18n JavaScript, but I'll be adding other optimizations.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3247 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/conf/global_settings.py

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ LANGUAGES = (
 # Languages using BiDi (right-to-left) layout
 LANGUAGES_BIDI = ("he",)
 
+# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
+# to load the internationalization machinery.
+USE_I18N = True
+
 # Not-necessarily-technical managers of the site. They get broken link
 # notifications and other various e-mails.
 MANAGERS = ADMINS

django/contrib/admin/urls.py

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
 
+if settings.USE_I18N:
+    i18n_view = 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog'
+else:
+    i18n_view = 'django.views.i18n.null_javascript_catalog'
+
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     ('^$', 'django.contrib.admin.views.main.index'),
     ('^r/(\d+)/(.*)/$', 'django.views.defaults.shortcut'),
-    ('^jsi18n/$', 'django.views.i18n.javascript_catalog', {'packages': 'django.conf'}),
+    ('^jsi18n/$', i18n_view, {'packages': 'django.conf'}),
     ('^logout/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout'),
     ('^password_change/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_change'),
     ('^password_change/done/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.password_change_done'),
@@ -29,3 +35,5 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
     ('^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/(.+)/delete/$', 'django.contrib.admin.views.main.delete_stage'),
     ('^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/(.+)/$', 'django.contrib.admin.views.main.change_stage'),
 )
+
+del i18n_view

django/views/i18n.py

@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ function interpolate(fmt, obj, named) {
 }
 """
 
+def null_javascript_catalog(request, domain=None, packages=None):
+    """
+    Returns "identity" versions of the JavaScript i18n functions -- i.e.,
+    versions that don't actually do anything.
+    """
+    return http.HttpResponse(NullSource + InterPolate, 'text/javascript')
+
 def javascript_catalog(request, domain='djangojs', packages=None):
     """
     Returns the selected language catalog as a javascript library.
@@ -191,4 +198,3 @@ def javascript_catalog(request, domain='djangojs', packages=None):
     src.append(InterPolate)
     src = ''.join(src)
     return http.HttpResponse(src, 'text/javascript')
-

docs/i18n.txt

@@ -35,12 +35,25 @@ How to internationalize your app: in three steps
        support.
     3. Activate the locale middleware in your Django settings.
 
-
 .. admonition:: Behind the scenes
 
     Django's translation machinery uses the standard ``gettext`` module that
     comes with Python.
 
+If you don't need internationalization
+======================================
+
+Django's internationalization hooks are on by default, and that means there's a
+bit of i18n-related overhead in certain places of the framework. If you don't
+use internationalization, you should take the two seconds to set
+``USE_I18N = False`` in your settings file. If ``USE_I18N`` is set to
+``False``, then Django will make some optimizations so as not to load the
+internationalization machinery.
+
+See the `documentation for USE_I18N`_.
+
+.. _documentation for USE_I18N: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/settings/#use-i18n
+
 How to specify translation strings
 ==================================
 

docs/settings.txt

@@ -738,6 +738,16 @@ A boolean that specifies whether to output the "Etag" header. This saves
 bandwidth but slows down performance. This is only used if ``CommonMiddleware``
 is installed (see the `middleware docs`_).
 
+USE_I18N
+--------
+
+Default: ``True``
+
+A boolean that specifies whether Django's internationalization system should be
+enabled. This provides an easy way to turn it off, for performance. If this is
+set to ``False, Django will make some optimizations so as not to load the
+internationalization machinery.
+
 YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT
 -----------------