On Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 07:39 Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Am Do., 29. Apr. 2021 um 01:56 Uhr schrieb Corentin via SG16
> <sg16_at_[hidden]>:
> >
> > I wanted to address the "locale-independent" specifications.
> > There are *none*, in the POSIX strftime spec.
>
> Corentin, if your intention was to make an update to the issue
> content, it is completely unclear to me, what precisely you wish to
> change. If you want to discuss the issue unrelated to making changes
> to the issue, I would like to suggest to keep the lwgchair address out
> of the discussion, if possible - Thanks!
>

Oups, i thought I did drop lwgchair, sorry about that.
Issue is fine, no need to change it

>
> - Daniel
>
> > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/strftime.html
> > The strftime() function shall place bytes into the array pointed to by s
> as controlled by the string pointed to by format. The format is a character
> string, beginning and ending in its initial shift state, if any. The format
> string consists of zero or more conversion specifications and ordinary
> characters. A conversion specification consists of a '%' character,
> possibly followed by an E or O modifier, and a terminating conversion
> specifier character that determines the conversion specification's
> behavior. All ordinary characters (including the terminating null byte) are
> copied unchanged into the array. If copying takes place between objects
> that overlap, the behavior is undefined. No more than maxsize bytes are
> placed into the array. Each conversion specifier is replaced by appropriate
> characters as described in the following list. The appropriate characters
> are determined using the LC_TIME category of the current locale and by the
> values of zero or more members of the broken-down time structure pointed to
> by timeptr, as specified in brackets in the description. If any of the
> specified values are outside the normal range, the characters stored are
> unspecified.
> >
> > The %O are an opt-in into the locale alternative numeral system.
> > You might want to have dates with arabic numerals and names in hindi,
> for example.
> >
> > so "1 AM" can be either "१ पूर्वाह्न", or " 1 पूर्वाह्न," depending on
> whether you want to use the devanagari numerals or not.
> >
> >
> > See also
> >
> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap07.html#tag_07_03_05
> > alt_digitsDefine alternative symbols for digits, corresponding to the %O
> modified conversion specification. [...] The %O modifier shall indicate
> that the string corresponding to the value specified via the conversion
> specification shall be used instead of the value.
> >
> > The way this is handled by CLDR ( and therefore most PL), is that the
> desired numbering system is attached to the locale name, or is provided as
> part of supplementary options
> >
> >
> > Here is an example using javascript (tested locally with node)
> >
> >
> > Notice that
> >
> > The concern of numeral system vs formatting is separate
> > Most locales defaults to latin number ( but not arabic in this example),
> I am not exactly sure why
> > Few programming languages offer a per specifier choice of numbering
> systems, these things are not usually mixed.
> >
> >
> > Now whether the %O specifier of POSIX makes sense or not is an
> interesting question, but I wanted to point out they are no less or more
> depending on locale than other specifiers.
> >
> > {:L%u} formats a week day number using the locale primary numeral
> system
> > {:L%Ou} formats a week day number using the locale alternative numeral
> system
> >
> > What if you pass the C locale ?
> > Well, the C locale numeral primary system is arabic numbers, it does not
> have an alternative numeric system
> >
> > In all cases, It does what it says it does
> >
> > Sorry I didn't catch that concern during the meeting.
> > I hope you will reconsider the second poll as we clearly missed some
> pretty critical information!
> >
> >
> >
> > PS:
> > You will notice that this brings more questions than it answers.
> > What if the globale locale uses a non-arabic numeral system? What is the
> default numeral system? Why is there a primary and alternative. What if you
> need a third?
> > Why does time formatting care about that when none of the other locale
> facilities seem to?
> >
> > But this is clearly out of scope of this issue!
> >
> >
> > More reference
> >
> > http://cldr.unicode.org/translation/-core-data/numbering-systems
> >
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/NumberFormat/NumberFormat
> > https://lh.2xlibre.net/values/alt_digits/
> > https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/locale/
> >
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