[Bug localedata/10797] it_IT locale numeric does not have a separator for thousends

["digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10797

Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com> ---
1. All links provided in comment 5 consistently confirm that a dot is used as a
grouping (thousands) separator in it_IT, also a comma is used as a decimal
(fraction) separator.  Also CLDR which we usually treat as an authoritative
source confirms the same.  Currently it_IT provides the same except (as the
original reporter noticed) that it does not provide any grouping separator for
LC_NUMERIC.  Therefore I'm going to add a dot as a grouping separator in
LC_NUMERIC in it_IT even if this differs from the original request.  Note that
the same values are currently in LC_MONETARY in it_IT.

2. But CLDR also confirms that a similar mark as the original reporter suggests
is used in it_CH (Italian language as used in Switzerland).  Currently an ASCII
apostrophe is used in glibc but CLDR says it should be a <U2019> character
(Right Single Quotation Mark, "’").  It is correctly transliterated to an ASCII
apostrophe while building non-Unicode locales.  Therefore I'm going to use the
<U2019> character as a grouping separator in LC_NUMERIC in it_CH.

3. But all LC_NUMERIC and LC_MONETARY sections in all Swiss locales (including
LC_MONETARY in it_CH) contain just “copy "de_CH"”.  So maybe LC_NUMERIC should
also contain “copy "de_CH"”?  True, de_CH uses an ASCII apostrophe as a
grouping separator while CLDR says it should be <U2019>.  Also, CLDR says that
a decimal separator for both it_CH and de_CH should be a dot.  In glibc it is
correctly set in all Swiss locales except it_CH.  Shortly: all Swiss locales
should use an apostrophe (or better the Right Single Quotation Mark) as a
grouping (thousands) separator and a dot as a decimal (fraction) separator. 
Therefore instead of what I said in point 2. I am going to use “copy "de_CH"”
in LC_NUMERIC section of it_CH and I'm going to update de_CH to use <U2019> as
a thousands separator in both LC_NUMERIC and LC_MONETARY.

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