i18n bug regarding Arabic-Indic numbers needinfo.

[Adriaan de Groot]

On Tuesday 20 April 2004 00:03, Shaheed wrote:
> On Monday 19 April 2004 17:34, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> > Munzir, wrong list. I am forwarding to kde-core-devel (this was in
> > cooker-I18N originally).
> >
> > > Hinid numberals are not numbers in linux!
> > >
> > > In kppp:
> > > If I type the phone number in Hindi numerals e.g. ٣٦٠٦٠٦٠ . It won't
> > > dial properly.
> Latin...
> 0 is a number? 1
> Bengali...
> 0 is a number? 0
> 1 is a number? 0

This reminds me of a trick question I used to set for my students regarding 
representation of numerals; I'd ask them (on the blackboard) what ١٥ + ١٥ was 
(the answer is obviously ٣٠). But before we go into this too far, consider: 
what is ٣٠ + 7? 37? ٣٧? Does QString::arg(int) produce localized output at 
all, anyway?

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