[ic] [currency] convert=1 not implicit with alternate locale?!?!?

Kevin Walsh interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Mon Sep 2 11:24:01 2002


>
> I would expect that if the locale is set to anything other than the
> default, that the currency tag would implicit perform conversion but
> guess what, it doesn't.
>
> Rather than hand-edit a lot of the site, is there a flag I can set that
> will make convert=1 a default for the currency tag?
>
> Really, is there any reason this isn't the norm anyway because even if
> people aren't using multi-currency, the standard locale en_US with
> pricevider set to 1 will have no effect on that user, but it sure is a
> pain in the gasket for those of us that do use numerous currencies...
>
[currency] should not auto-convert for you.

Consider this:

    [currency]12.34[/currency]

That will format 12.34 into something that looks like a localised
price ($12.34 or £12.34 etc.).  If I want the 12.34 value to be
converted into another currency, rather than just formatted, then
I'll ask the tag to do that for me.

If someone loads an (auto-converted) [item-price] into a scratch and
then used a [calc] to adjust it for whatever reason, they wouldn't
want the [currency] tag to automatically re-convert the price into
what would then be an incorrect value.

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