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Re: [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt
- From: Keld Simonsen <keld at keldix dot com>
- To: fweimer at redhat dot com <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: libc-locales at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:54:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt
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- References: <bug-14641-716 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/> <bug-14641-716-rAOEkCaeS8 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 07:48:21AM +0000, fweimer at redhat dot com wrote:
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
>
> --- Comment #15 from Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com> ---
> (In reply to Philip Withnall from comment #14)
> > (In reply to Florian Weimer from comment #13)
> > > Closing per previous discussion.
> >
> > As per comments #5 and #6, I think the proper solution is to deprecate
> > name_fmt, since it seems to be fundamentally incorrect to have it in libc,
> > and keeping it un-deprecated just encourages people to use it incorrectly or
> > unsuccessfully.
>
> Fair enough. That would extend to LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, I
> suppose. What about LC_MEASUREMENT and LC_IDENTIFICATION?
>
> Related identifiers include _NL_NAME_*, _NL_ADDRESS_*, _NL_TELEPHONE_*, plus
> the _NL_NUM_* identifiers. Anything else?
Hmm, what is the reason for this? Name layout and the other issues are
cultural conventions that should be adaptable in software.
Best regards
Keld