[x3d-public] X3D regular expression (regex) improvements

[Leonard Daly]

I'm good with this.

Leonard Daly


> Leonard Daly <Leonard.Daly at realism.com> wrote:
>> Is there any consideration for internationalization of number display. Most of Europe uses "," (comma) as the radix character (decimal separator). [See https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0169/overview-9/index.html]
> (I'm speaking as someone from Poland, where comma is the default
> decimal separator, because of tradition. Both Linux and Windows use
> comma as decimal separator by default, and various programs display
> floating point numbers using this comma.)
>
> In programming languages, we still use a dot as decimal separator, and
> the dot is considered an international standard. You won't find a
> single Polish programmer who tries to use comma in any programming
> language:)
>
> And in X3D, the comma is already a white-space.
>
> I vote to keep X3D simple and consistent with all programming
> languages: decimal separator is always a dot, never a comma.
>
> See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separator  :
>
> """
> In countries with a decimal comma, the decimal point is also common as
> the "international" notation because of the influence of devices, such
> as electronic calculators, which use the decimal point.
> """
>
> Regards,
> Michalis
>

-- 
*Leonard Daly*
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Past Chair
President, Daly Realism - /Creating the Future/
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