LANG, LC_ALL and rounding mistery

Robert Graham Merkel rgmerk@mira.net
Mon, 13 Nov 2000 18:20:20 +1100


Andrea Borgia writes:
 > Hi.
 > 
 > In 1.4.8, I tried setting LANG=it and LC_ALL=it_IT. Whenever I type or
 > edit a non-integer amount (say, of EUR, since ITL does not have
 > cents), it gets rounded to the closest integer.
 > 
 > The funny part is that the amount is still saved as a fixed-point
 > number, you just don't see the decimal part.
 > 
 > Is this a bug or a feature (i.e., old bug) ?

Sounds like a bug in the amount printing to me.  In fact, it might be
the currency printing responding inappropriately to locale settngs.

Guys?

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Robert Merkel	                           rgmerk@mira.net

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