| Subject: | transcription parameter in the full_date method |
he module documentation does not describe how we can
print a Coptic date. Reading the source code, I have found
"medium_date", "long_date" and "full_date" and a utility
method "useTranscription". I have tried
"full_date" but I do not understand the results:
use utf8;
use DateTime;
use DateTime::Calendar::Coptic;
my $d1 = DateTime::Calendar::Coptic->new(year => 1732, month => 5, day => 30);
print 'A ', $d1->full_date(), "\n";
print 'B ', $d1->full_date(1), "\n";
print 'C ', $d1->full_date(0), "\n";
$d1->useTranscription(1);
print 'D ', $d1->full_date(), "\n";
print 'E ', $d1->full_date(1), "\n";
print 'F ', $d1->full_date(0), "\n";
$d1->useTranscription(0);
print 'G ', $d1->full_date(), "\n";
print 'H ', $d1->full_date(1), "\n";
print 'I ', $d1->full_date(0), "\n";
Here is the actual result:
A Friday, May 30 exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
B Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
C Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
D Friday, May 30 exoou 1732 AD
E Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
F Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
G Friday, May 30 exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
H Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
I Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
First, in all lines, the month name is "May", while I was something
like "Tobi". Second, I do not undestand how the transcription parameter
should work. For lines C, F, G and I, the transcription should be
disabled, giving:
C Friday, May 30 exoou 1732 AD
For lines B, D, E and H, the transcription should be enabled, giving:
B Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
For line A, there should be consistency between the day number and
the year number, giving either
A Friday, May 30 exoou 1732 AD
or:
A Friday, May λ̄ exoou α̱ψ̄λ̄β̄ AD
So, why do lines A, C, D, F, G and I work the way they do?
Can you document and, if necessary, fix, please?