Yes, the singular forms should return the same as the plural ones, that is the only thing that makes sense.
On 24 Oct 2012, at 16:14, Joe Rickerby <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd be very happy if hour just returned the same as hours. I can also make > the change, but I've never done one before, do I submit it to Pharo inbox? > > On 24 Oct 2012, at 2:28pm, Camillo Bruni <[email protected]> wrote: > >> the current implementation does not make any sense. >> despite the grammatical correctness of (1 hour) and the implied >> mistake of (2 hour). I think we should change or remove it! >> >> https://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=6876 >> >> >> >> On 2012-10-24, at 14:52, Fabrizio Perin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> If it not use I don't know but the message >>> 1 hour >> >> yes, but technically 0.5 hour is correct (though silly it does not work >> properly..) >> >>> makes sense to me. >>> >>> cheers, >>> Fabrizio >>> >>> 2012/10/24 Santiago Bragagnolo <[email protected]> >>> >>>> I found almost no senders of #Number>>hour, and also have not sense at >>>> all. Probably we want to remove it. >>>> >>>> >>>> 2012/10/24 Joe Rickerby <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> I can't believe I'd be the first person to find this, so sorry if this >>>>> has been discussed before. >>>>> >>>>> I was writing some code today, using Durations. I've come across the >>>>> hour/hours methods before, and so I know that '2 hour' is really one hour, >>>>> and that you have to write '2 hours' to have the thing work as expected. >>>>> >>>>> It's a little strict for the language to do this, but I can see the logic. >>>>> >>>>> What doesn't work for me is when I write '0.5 hour' or '(1/2) hour'. Both >>>>> will return a duration of 1 hour. In my head I pronounce this 'half an >>>>> hour', so it's an entirely reasonable thing to write. >>>>> >>>>> Can something be done about this? >>>>> >>>>> Joe >> >> > > > Joe Rickerby > Software Developer > > Square [i] International > 41 Maltby Street > London > > http://www.square-i.net > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email > > This e-mail message (including its attachments) is private, is intended for > the recipient named in it and may contain material which is confidential and > privileged. No-one other than the named recipient may read, copy, rely on, > redirect, save or alter the message or any part of it or any attachment to it > in any way. Square Group does not accept legal responsibility for the > contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of > the author and do not represent those of Square Group Ltd unless otherwise > specifically stated. While reasonable effort has been made to ensure this > message is free of viruses, opening and using this message is at the risk of > the recipient. > -- Sven Van Caekenberghe http://stfx.eu Smalltalk is the Red Pill
