> [: John Tapsell :] > If the number is small, I want to show "2 seconds" but if it's large I > want like "2.2e4" seconds. > > You're saying that my API needs to require the user to now pass *two* > strings for that?
Well, yes. Two grammar-wise different text fragments (enumerable vs.
measurable quantities) are being used in alternation, so each should be
represented by its own string. The author of KUnitConversion wanted the same
feature, so there too we ended up defining two strings, e.g:
setDefaultUnit(UP(Meter, 1,
...
ki18nc("amount in units (real)", "%1 meters"),
ki18ncp("amount in units (integer)", "%1 meter", "%1 meters")
));
(from kdelibs/kunitconversion/length.cpp).
In my opinion, however, this alternation is bad style-wise. The display
should use either the measurable form throughout (2.0 seconds; 2.2e4
seconds), or the enumerable form throughout (2 seconds; 6 hours 6 minutes).
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Chusslove Illich (Часлав Илић)
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