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Re: [Bug localedata/15263] inconsistent use of 1/0 and +/- in the yesexpr/noexpr LC_MESSAGES
- From: Keld Simonsen <keld at keldix dot com>
- To: daxim at cpan dot org <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: libc-locales at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 17:51:07 +0200
- Subject: Re: [Bug localedata/15263] inconsistent use of 1/0 and +/- in the yesexpr/noexpr LC_MESSAGES
- References: <bug-15263-716 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/> <bug-15263-716-gCWMCqMA1s at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
On Sun, May 05, 2013 at 04:05:51PM +0000, daxim at cpan dot org wrote:
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15263
>
> --- Comment #2 from daxim at cpan dot org 2013-05-05 16:05:51 UTC ---
> Lack of consistency.
>
> Is it okay for Danish users, as soon as they switch language to e.g. en_US the
> accustomed answers 1 and 0 stop working? (AFAICT, + and - never worked for *_DK
> locales.) If so, how do you justify it?
Normally, Danish users never switch to English or any other language. So it does not matter that 0 and 1
does not work in English locales. Maybe they should woro in English locales, tho.
It seems like + and - do not work in da_DK. As said earlier, + and - is common in
Danish banks, and thus should be valid responses. I do not think 1+ and 0- do
any harm, and they are pretty obvious, and would be good defaults that would work in many
locales worldwide.
best regards
keld