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What is _() anyway

from odoo import models, _

class Tartiflette(models.Model):
    _name = 'cheese.potatoes'
    
    def copy(self, default=None):
        default['name'] = _("Copy of %s") % self.name
        return super(Tartiflette, self).copy(default=default)

var AbstractField = require('web.AbstractField');
var core = require('web.core');
var _t = core._t;

var TartifletteWidget = AbstractField.extend({
    _render: function () {
        var $cheese = $('<img/>', {
            title: _t("Life is great. Cheese makes it better."),
            src: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/../128px-Emoji_u1f9c0.svg.png",
        });
        this.$el.html($cheese);
    },
});

registry.add("tartiflette", TartifletteWidget);

What is _() anyway (2)

def _(self, text):
    lang = self._context.get('lang')
    if lang:
        trad = self.env['ir.translation'].search(
            [('lang', '=', lang), ('src', '=', text)])
        return trad[0].value
    return text

(... not really but you get the idea)

Do(n't)

text = _("I love %s" % cheese.name)

Don't

Do

text = _("I love %s") % cheese.name

#. module: tartiflette
#: code:addons/tartiflette/models/cheese.py:42
#, python-format
msgid "I love %s"
msgstr ""

Not "I love Brie", "I love Gruyère", "I love Gouda"....

Do(n't) (2)

text = _("I will eat a ")
if self.veggie:
    text += _("veggieflette")
else:
    text += _("tartiflette")

Don't

Do

if self.veggie:
    text += _("I will eat a veggieflette")
else:
    text += _("I will eat a tartiflette")

Do(n't) (3)

TARTIFLETTE_NAME = {
    'classic': _("Tartiflette"),
    'veggie': _("Veggieflette"),
}

class Tartiflette(models.Model):

    def _compute_display_name(self):
        self.display_name = TARTIFLETTE_NAME[self.version]

Don't

Do

class Tartiflette(models.Model):
    def _get_tartiflette_names(self): 
        return {
            'classic': _("Tartiflette"),
            'veggie': _("Veggieflette"),
        }

    def _compute_display_name(self):
        self.display_name = self._get_tartiflette_name()[self.version]

Thanks!