Migration/testing on CLD38-alpha

[Kip Cole]

Just a short note to say that the migration to CLDR38 for my implementation (for the Elixir language, not ICU based) has been smooth - thanks to everyone involved. Looking forward to the final release.

I have only one open issue which is related to the new “compact decimal” format used in some of the integer plural rules - and frankly I don’t really understand what the intent is and the examples in TR35 aren’t really helping me too much.  Seems I need to consider this format (ie 1e6) as a distinct representation from an integer. On the platform I’m on, the alternative would be a fixed decimal and I can derive the required operands from that but it feels like its not quite the right fit.  Any internal design documents on this topic?

Thanks again for a solid release,

—Kip