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Re: [PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn
- From: Marko Myllynen <myllynen at redhat dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>, OndÅej BÃlka <neleai at seznam dot cz>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, libc-locales at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:31:30 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn
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- Reply-to: myllynen at redhat dot com
Hi,
On 2015-07-24 03:23, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On 06/09/2015 03:11 AM, OndÅej BÃlka wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 05:57:06PM +0300, Marko Myllynen wrote:
>>>
>>> make country_isbn definitions consistent across locales by using
>>> Unicode code points not numerals everywhere. The code in
>>> locale/categories.def and locale/programs/ld-address.c already
>>> handles strings.
>>>
>> Possible but why, when these are numbers which are easier to read than
>> strings?
>
> I agree with Ondrej. Why?
see above, for consistency.
> The question we should all be asking ourselves here is:
>
> "What can we do to make it *easier* to maintain these files?"
Currently the definitions of this particular key across locales are
inconsistent and it doesn't make things easier as one can get confused
which form should be used for country_isbn.
> Making everyone write in Unicode code points is not easier.
The patch was only about making one individual key consistent, it's not
like this patch would add any additional generic burden.
Thanks,
--
Marko Myllynen