Annotated strings

[matthieusieben]

It would be nice to be able to detect strings to translate base on a special comment placed before instead of requiring to wrap into a gettext() function call.

e.g.

const myTranslatagleString = /* @ngTranslate */ "My String"
return gettextCatalog.getString(myTranslatagleString)

[matthieusieben]

Having to wrap the strings into a gettext function call has two problems:

• It causes a useless function call in production code, reducing the code's efficiency.
• It the function sometimes gets renamed by bundlers (e.g. into gettext$1 by RollupJs), preventing proper detection.