From: Keld Simonsen <keld@keldix.com>
To: "bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>
Cc: libc-locales@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Bug localedata/14641] New: Add a strftime()-like function for formatting human names
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:05:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120928120543.GA29678@rap.rap.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-14641-716@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 11:33:42AM +0000, bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk wrote:
>
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14641
>
> Bug #: 14641
> Summary: Add a strftime()-like function for formatting human
> names
> Product: glibc
> Version: unspecified
> Status: NEW
> Severity: enhancement
> Priority: P2
> Component: localedata
> AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
> ReportedBy: bugzilla@tecnocode.co.uk
> CC: libc-locales@sources.redhat.com
> Classification: Unclassified
>
>
> It???s useful that glibc???s locale data collects together different locales??? ways
> of formatting names as name_fmt (lh.2xlibre.net/values/name_fmt/). However,
> this is difficult to use, and requires programs to implement their own parser
> for the field descriptors. This causes duplication of code and means all the
> programs have to be kept up-to-date with any changes to the set of allowed
> field descriptors.
>
> Would it be possible to add a function similar to strftime() which will parse a
> *name* format string and substitute values for its field descriptors?
yes, this is possible. I think it would be better to have one standardized way than several
homegrown. Coul we find out what are the different current APIs vailable in different
implementations?
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Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-28 11:50 bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk
2012-09-28 12:05 ` Keld Simonsen [this message]
2012-09-28 12:41 ` [Bug localedata/14641] " bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2012-09-28 12:41 ` keld at keldix dot com
2013-11-06 13:01 ` simon.mcvittie at collabora dot co.uk
2013-11-06 15:13 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2013-11-06 16:12 ` simon.mcvittie at collabora dot co.uk
2013-11-06 16:33 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2013-11-06 23:57 ` Keld Simonsen
2013-11-06 23:58 ` keld at keldix dot com
2013-11-06 23:58 ` neleai at seznam dot cz
2013-11-07 3:16 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2013-11-07 12:29 ` Keld Simonsen
2013-11-07 12:30 ` keld at keldix dot com
2013-11-07 15:27 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2013-11-07 19:02 ` Keld Simonsen
2013-11-07 19:03 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-17 4:30 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
2014-06-17 7:33 ` [Bug localedata/14641] Deprecate name_fmt bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk
2014-06-17 7:49 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
2014-06-17 16:54 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-17 17:03 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-17 17:09 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2014-06-20 5:48 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-19 22:48 ` bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk
2014-06-20 5:50 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-20 7:28 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2014-06-20 11:03 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-20 11:05 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-20 13:22 ` bugzilla at tecnocode dot co.uk
2014-06-21 18:35 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-21 18:37 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-23 8:21 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
2014-06-23 13:01 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-23 13:04 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-23 21:07 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-23 21:08 ` myllynen at redhat dot com
2014-06-23 21:08 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-23 21:57 ` bugdal at aerifal dot cx
2014-06-23 22:12 ` Keld Simonsen
2014-06-23 22:13 ` keld at keldix dot com
2014-06-24 7:40 ` fweimer at redhat dot com
2016-02-19 10:46 ` [Bug localedata/14641] LC_NAME: deprecate locale category vapier at gentoo dot org
2016-02-19 15:42 ` myllynen at redhat dot com
2016-02-19 16:15 ` vapier at gentoo dot org
2016-02-19 18:29 ` Keld Simonsen
2016-02-19 18:33 ` keld at keldix dot com
2016-02-19 23:22 ` vapier at gentoo dot org
2016-02-19 23:26 ` Keld Simonsen
2016-02-19 23:27 ` keld at keldix dot com
2016-02-20 6:07 ` vapier at gentoo dot org
2016-02-22 8:10 ` Keld Simonsen
2016-02-22 8:12 ` keld at keldix dot com
2016-02-22 10:13 ` vapier at gentoo dot org
2019-01-02 11:59 ` Keld Simonsen
2018-12-20 8:38 ` pander at users dot sourceforge.net
2018-12-20 9:52 ` pander at users dot sourceforge.net
2019-01-01 11:42 ` pander at users dot sourceforge.net
2019-01-02 11:59 ` keld at keldix dot com
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