<i18n dev> RFR: 8041488: Locale-Dependent List Patterns [v12]

[Joe Wang]

On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 19:50:26 GMT, Naoto Sato <naoto at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/java/text/ListFormat.java line 560:
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>>> 558:          * The {@code UNIT} ListFormat style. This style concatenates
>>> 559:          * elements, useful for enumerating units.
>>> 560:          */
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>> The word "style" used in Type, I assume you meant "type"? Just that it might be confused with Style below.
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>> Same as previous comments, a combination of Type and Style, if I understand correctly, forms a specific pattern. I might say something about it in the enum class description.
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>> A STANDARD type then is a simple list with conjunction "and", or an inclusive list, and etc.
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> Ah, good catch. Will correct those style/type typos.
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>> A STANDARD type then is a simple list with conjunction "and", or an inclusive list, and etc.
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> I could not quite catch what you meant by this. Can you please elaborate on it more?

In a List Pattern, Type, as in the current document, defined its type as in the language, while Style the writing style. I guess I would try to avoid stating it "concatenates elements", but rather represents a simple list with conjunction "and", that is also called an inclusive list as in the language term.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15130#discussion_r1316401513