On 06/01/2009, at 0:02, Greg L <greg_l_at_wikipedia(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Yes, I heard about that one. Do you think it is more
feasible to fix
Extension:StringFunctions or to just make a new, specialized one? -
Greg
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Neither. You should write your number formatting in PHP as an
extension, not in template.
Wikitext is supposed to be a markup language, not a programming
language, and for this reason we currently have no plans to enable
StringFunctions or any similar functionality on Wikimedia sites.
This is my understanding of Brion and Tim's position. Please correct
me if I'm wrong.
Andrew Garrett