RE: [Rails-devel] I18N

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> > Fractional numbers:
> > I vaguely remember having seen games in which 5% certicates=20
> > count for 0.5 against the limit.=20
> > Not sure if it is really needed to allow commas here.
> > If so it can be a UI customisation item. Or use =BD.
>=20
> I would embed this logic in functions that convert numbers to and from
> strings, and pass all I/O (other than XML) through those functions.
> (Of course, this creates a naming conflict since you've=20
> already decided
> that toString() will be used to convert objects to XML.  I would have
> called that toXML() instead.)

Me too.
=20
> > Thousand separators: to be avoided (confusing).
>=20
> Inserting a space might be worth doing.  Certainly ignore spaces on
> input.

Yes, a space would be OK.
=20
> > Currency symbols: not needed, I think, in most places.
> > If used, follow the placement as in the games rules,
> > i.e. $100 (1856), 100G (1854).
>=20
> I disagree, this should be localized and is trivial to do.
>=20
> As others have said, locale support can be added after a=20
> first release.

But in this case the currency symbol is not a per-user but a per-game
variable.
And many games feature no-longer-existing countries with =
no-longer-existing
currencies.=20
So we might end up defining custom Locales with fictituous =
country/language
codes.

Perhaps easier is to use replaceFirst() to format money amounts,
whereby the replacement pattern can be included (or described) in the =
game
XML file.

Erik.