Re: [icu-design] proposal: extend plural format syntax

[Markus S. <mar...@gm...>]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Mark Davis ☕ <ma...@ma...> wrote:

> I think we should document that you should not use the selection argument
> other than with #, eg *{0, number,##,##.00}* , because it may change in
> the future.


Ok, but only if the offset is not 0. If the offset is 0, it's fine.

There is reason to allow people to change the format of numbers (eg
> thousands separator or not, fractions or not), but we don't need it in first
> release.
>
> Independently, I think we need something in the class hierarchy or a method
> that says: this Formatter is a selection type (choice, select, plural, maybe
> more in the future.)
>

Yes, that would be good, so that we need not check for a fixed set of
classes (RTTI).

markus