[Bug localedata/352] Russian `thousands_sep' should be a space (0x20), not a dot (0x2E)

["pogonyshev at gmx dot net" <sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com>]

------- Additional Comments From pogonyshev at gmx dot net  2004-09-02 18:15 -------
Subject: Re:  Russian `thousands_sep' should be a space (0x20), not a dot (0x2E)

> I assume you are talking about the ru_RU locale?

Yes.

> Should it be space (0x20) or non-breaking space (0xA0)?

Well, if non-breaking space is possible in context of glib, then of course
it is a much better option.

> I've send an email to the previous contributors for the ru_RU
> locale (Sergei Ivanov, Vadim V. Zhytnikov, Ilya
> Ovchinnikov and Alexander V. Lukyanov) to get their comments on this
> change request.
> 
> Do you have any official looking Russian documents/web pages
> specifying or using monetary formating with space instead of
> period?

Here is the most official recommendation I found in a brief search (in
Russian):

    http://spravka.gramota.ru/buro.html?gotoq=145837

Crude translation of the answer to English:

    Technical rules of typing direct to separate into groups number which
    have at least 4 digits (groups of 3 digits each, right to left).  A
    dot between groups is prohibited.  Correct is: 12 680 459,30.

A few "non-official" arguments I have:

* I _never ever_ saw dots as thousands separator in well-published books and
in the few books I checked, spaces were used (e.g. in a Biological
Encyclopedia).  I tend not to consider books from 1990 and onwards as in the
computer age the state of book formatting decreased significantly.

* I remember Artemiy Lebedev's (a well-known Russian designer) opinion on
this topic: spaces or no separators at all.  While he is not a linguist, he
is a man who doesn't say something he doesn't know about.  He is one of a
few people whom I trust even in areas they are not professionals in.

Unfortunately, my HDD failured recently, so I currently can't easily
read/answer mail.  My replies to this thread may be very delayed during a
few weeks.

Paul



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