[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57588: The picking of plural form #0 is hard-coded for singular strings

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#57588: The picking of plural form #0 is hard-coded for singular strings
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 Reporter:  jaanise            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N               |     Version:  6.1
 Severity:  minor              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion close  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jaanise):

 Returning translation #0 is just wrong. If the code asks for not-counted
 string, I would guess it's almost always intended to be for count "1", not
 for the count that happens to be with index #0 in the PO file definition.
 Different languages may have the count "1" version under different
 indexes, even the same language may have it under different indexes in
 different PO files (defined by different Plural-forms) (which is not a
 good and widespread practice, but it is possible, it is allowed by the
 format, and, for example, there are two different Plural-form definitions
 actually used in Latvian transitions).

 Using explicitly count "1" would not break the result in most cases, most
 people won't notice anything (including the sloppy programmers and those
 who test their plugins only in English, for example) but it would
 fix/patch the sloppy programming cases for other languages and cases where
 count "1" is not under index #0.

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