https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117511

--- Comment #5 from Mike Kaganski <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to Dmitry from comment #4)
> You may agree that locale dependency adds a lot confusion...

... which is the reason why API *must use locale-INDEPENDENT syntax*.

> For example it could work in the manner that if user
> enters '=TEXT(A2,"##")' the actual formula written to cell is
> '=TEXT(A2;"##")' i.e. it is "fixed" on the fly.

... and if user enters "=SUM(1,2)" it somehow knows that the "," here is meant
to be argument separator and not decimal separator? Can you come with a
fool-proof way of guessing everything? A programmer MUST USE CORRECT SYNTAX.
Period.

> With current implementation
> I can put two visually identical formulas in two neighbouring cells, and one
> of them works fine while another results err:508.

And that will be your bug, yes.

> And second, the error could be more specific, for example, err:504
> "Parameter list error".

Well - yes.

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