[Bug localedata/16148] New: Incorrect thousands separator for ca_ES locale

["jmas at softcatala dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16148

            Bug ID: 16148
           Summary: Incorrect thousands separator for ca_ES locale
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: jmas at softcatala dot org
                CC: libc-locales at sourceware dot org

Hello,

The current thousands separator definition for ca_ES locale is incorrect.

In Catalan speaking areas the "." is used to separate thousands in groups of 3
digits. You can see Windows as example[1]. 

If I ran:

printf("%'d\n", 1123456789)

I get:

1123456789

where the expected output will be:

1.123.456.789

I'm not an expert in glibc, but it seems that the current locale data for ca_ES
is:

LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point        "<U002C>"
thousands_sep        ""
grouping             0;0
END LC_NUMERIC 

when it really should be:

LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point        "<U002C>"
thousands_sep        "<U002E>"
grouping             3;3
END LC_NUMERIC 

The rest of locales that inherit from ca_ES like ca_IT or ca_FR should use the
same configuration for the thousands separator.

Let me know if you need any additional information or clarification

Jordi Mas
jmas@softcatala.org

[1]
https://raw.github.com/jordimas/calaix-de-sastre/master/locale-bug/images/windows-vista.jpg

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