8 Sep
2009
8 Sep
'09
10:31 a.m.
Excerpts from Dmitry Simonchik's message of Tue Sep 08 02:47:43 -0600 2009:
Not to mention that
since Haskell is pure, it is *impossible* for the expression show 20.2 :: String to depend on the current locale.
This is a very valuable remark. Thanks! I will think about using some special functions to read and write numbers depending on current locale.
The i18n module from hackage is worth a look for this: http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/i18n -- wmw