https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40251
--- Comment #13 from Niklas Laxström <[email protected]> 2012-09-15 17:26:46 UTC --- (In reply to comment #11) > Adding a |n=... syntax will likely break all existing messages having literal > ='s inside {{PLURAL: ...}}. Such cases are likely rare, though. Using > <nowiki>=</nowiki> should solve the issue but is a performance eater. This a drawback but unavoidable. The CLDR expression syntax doesn't use any = signs so we don't have problems with ambiguity. (In reply to comment #12) > I don't completely agree with this concept. As an example, Persian is > plural-less in the sense that noun's are not pluralized if preceded by numbers > (e.g. "1 book", "2 book") but nouns are pluralized if not preceded by numbers > (e.g. "the book is there", "the bookS ARE there"), and also the verb is > pluralized all the time (last example). It's arguable whether these languages should by default have two plural forms or not. > Respectfully, I suggest the change to the functionality of PURAL magic word to > be reverted IMMEDIATELY (as it has affected many projects). Only THEN, we can > discuss what is the correct way to change the code again, and make sense of > it. Let's not throw the baby with the bathwater. We can (and did already for some languages) apply effective workaround while we sort out this problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
