perl.i18n...Re: perl-i18n Perl locale information sources for server apps,and the CLDR by Guido Flohr- July 2, 2007 John ORourke wrote:> I suppose the nix vendors keep their POSIX locale data up to date but I > can&39;t seem to find any info on how that process happens - who collects > locale data, etc.For the GNU libc locale definitions see http:mail.nl.linux.orglinux-utf82005-02msg00033.htmlRegards,Guido-- Imperia AG, DevelopmentLeyboldstr. 10 - D-50354 Hürth - http:www.imperia.nethttp://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.i18n/2007/07/msg201.html Re: perl-i18n Perl locale information sources for server apps,and the CLDR by John ORourke- July 2, 2007 Guido Flohr wrote:> The most important point of POSIX::setlocale() is that it changes > behaviors of existing functions. Error messages ($!) are > automatically localized, provided that the system supports the > selected locale. When you output floating point numbers, the correct > floating point format will be chosen.This is ok, but in a server application the user is not going to see an Operating System message, and in my case I am exclusively using Unicode, so the default...http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.i18n/2007/07/msg200.html Re: perl-i18n Perl locale information sources for server apps,and the CLDR by Guido Flohr- July 2, 2007 Hi,John ORourke wrote:> I looked into the following:> > - POSIX - great idea, but info seems incomplete (eg. quote style, > units of weight), and updates depend on your nix distro. Also dates > back to desktop days - the locale is set for a whole process, not ideal > in a web server environment. Speed of locale switching seems OK though.The most important point of POSIX::setlocale() is that it changes behaviors of existing functions. Error messages ($!) are automatically.http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.i18n/2007/07/msg199.html perl-i18n Perl locale information sources for server apps, andthe CLDR by John ORourke- July 2, 2007 Hi folks, sorry this is a bit long! summary: just got into i18n and unicode, not happy with sources of locale information and wondering about use of CLDR, considering writing a Perl module for it I&39;ve just successfully ported my large web application (yet-another-template-system) to support end-to-end unicode and full i18n.However I can&39;t bring myself to use any of the existing locale-information modules - nothing feels &39;comfortable&39; from a commercial and technical point of view. ..http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.i18n/2007/07/msg198.html |