Back in November 2011, Uli checked in a large change which affected the LC_NUMERIC settings of various es_* locales. This change didn't reference any supporting documentation.
It's now being reported that various es_* locals have the wrong LC_NUMERIC settings for the decimal mark and thousands separator.
First I compared the es_* locales to CLDR for LC_NUMERIC settings. This turned up several differences (es_DO, es_GT, es_HN, es_MX, es_NI, es_PA, es_PE, es_PR, es_SV).
For each of those locales I then went in search of documents, preferably government documents which would show usage of the decimal mark and thousands separator.
We can get grouping from this document from the Guatemala Government. Once we know grouping uses ',', then the decimal mark must be '.'. http://www.ine.gob.gt/np/enei/ENEI2011.htm
All the above referenced documents show a decimal mark as '.' and the thousands separator as ',', which indicate glibc's localedata is wrong.
Interestingly enough, Peru which was supposed to use '.' as the decimal separator and ',' as the thousands separator according to CLDR seems to do the opposite according to these government inflation and labor reports:
Back in November 2011, Uli checked in a large change which affected the LC_NUMERIC settings of various es_* locales. This change didn't reference any supporting documentation.
It's now being reported that various es_* locals have the wrong LC_NUMERIC settings for the decimal mark and thousands separator.
First I compared the es_* locales to CLDR for LC_NUMERIC settings. This turned up several differences (es_DO, es_GT, es_HN, es_MX, es_NI, es_PA, es_PE, es_PR, es_SV).
For each of those locales I then went in search of documents, preferably government documents which would show usage of the decimal mark and thousands separator.
Mexico: www.economia. gob.mx/ files/diagnosti co_economia_ mexicana. pdf
http://
Dominican Republic: www.bancentral. gov.do/ noticias/ avisos/ aviso2010- 06-25.pdf
http://
We can get grouping from this document from the Guatemala Government. Once we know grouping uses ',', then the decimal mark must be '.'. www.ine. gob.gt/ np/enei/ ENEI2011. htm
http://
Honduras: www.ine. gob.hn/ drupal/ node/175 archivo. laprensa. hn/Negocios/ Ediciones/ 2011/02/ 07/Noticias/ Tasa-de- desempleo- de-Honduras- subio-a- 44
http://
http://
Nicaragua: www.bcn. gob.ni/ estadisticas/ economicas_ anuales/ nicaragua_ en_cifras/ 2010/Nicaragua_ en_cifras2010. pdf
http://
Panama: www.mef. gob.pa/ portal/ 2011-Comunicado s/2011- DISMINUYESUSTAN CIALMENTEELDESE MPLEOENPANAMA. html
http://
Puerto Rico: www.periodicola perla.com/ index.php? option= com_content& view=article& id=3606: en-puerto- rico-la- tasa-de- empleo- cae-al- nivel-mas- bajo-en- la-historia& catid=93: analisis- economico& Itemid= 300
http://
El Salvador: www.minec. gob.sv/ index.php? option= com_content& view=article& catid=1: noticias- ciudadano& id=1567: encuesta& Itemid= 77
http://
All the above referenced documents show a decimal mark as '.' and the thousands separator as ',', which indicate glibc's localedata is wrong.
Interestingly enough, Peru which was supposed to use '.' as the decimal separator and ',' as the thousands separator according to CLDR seems to do the opposite according to these government inflation and labor reports:
http:// www.bcrp. gob.pe/ docs/Publicacio nes/Reporte- Inflacion/ 2010/marzo/ Reporte- de-Inflacion- Marzo-2010. pdf www.inei. gob.pe/ biblioineipub/ bancopub/ Est/Lib0909/ libro.pdf
http://
Thus es_PE is correct as-is.