[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26850: Single quotes show up as apostrophes when appearing before numbers

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#26850: Single quotes show up as apostrophes when appearing before numbers
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 Reporter:  yurivictor                           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Formatting                           |  Release
 Severity:  minor                                |     Version:  3.9
 Keywords:  wptexturize needs-unit-tests has-    |  Resolution:
  patch close                                    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by yurivictor):

 Right. It's a tough bug.

 The code in core currently assumes all apostrophes followed by a number
 are dates and changes the apostrophe accordingly.

 Case 1: `4 is styled like a year, but it's never a year
 Case 2: `44 is styled like a year, which it might be a year or the start
 of a quote
 Case 3: `444 is styled like a year, but it's never a year

 The patch solves case 1 and case 3. I have no idea how to solve case 2.

 If someone comes up with a solution for case 2, I'd love to hear it
 because smart quotes are
 [https://twitter.com/yurivictor/status/459754784107814912 kind of a
 nightmare on almost every platform].

 Smart quotes make for strange code.

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