Node: Number.toLocaleString output is inconsistent between minor versions.

Created on 31 May 2018 · 12Comments · Source: nodejs/node

Version: 10.3.0
Platform: Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0
Subsystem: Not sure.

Output of Number.toLocaleString is inconsistent since version v10.3.0
Versions prior to v10.3.0 have consistent output. Tested with v8.11.2, v9.0.0, v10.0.0, v10.2.1

$ node -v
> v10.2.1

$ node -e "console.log((1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'}))"
> US$ 1,999.99

$ node -v
> v10.3.0

$ node -e "console.log((1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'}))"
> $1,999.99

i18n-api

Source

ken210

Most helpful comment

@srl295 Maybe, but you'd expect the same result on the same locale between node versions, right? We noticed the issue upgrading to node 10+ so we ended up removing the usage of locale, unfortunately.

msegers on 6 Feb 2019

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Failed to reproduce on Ubuntu 16.04:

$ nvm use 10
Now using node v10.3.0 (npm v6.1.0)
$ node 
> process.versions
{ http_parser: '2.8.0',
  node: '10.3.0',
  v8: '6.6.346.32-node.9',
  uv: '1.20.3',
  zlib: '1.2.11',
  ares: '1.14.0',
  modules: '64',
  nghttp2: '1.29.0',
  napi: '3',
  openssl: '1.1.0h',
  icu: '61.1',
  unicode: '10.0',
  cldr: '33.0',
  tz: '2018c' }
> (1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
'US$ 1,999.99'

tniessen on 31 May 2018

Please show process.config.variables and process.versions on both versions.

silverwind on 31 May 2018

v10.2.1

> process.versions
{ http_parser: '2.8.0',
  node: '10.2.1',
  v8: '6.6.346.32-node.8',
  uv: '1.20.3',
  zlib: '1.2.11',
  ares: '1.14.0',
  modules: '64',
  nghttp2: '1.29.0',
  napi: '3',
  openssl: '1.1.0h',
  icu: '61.1',
  unicode: '10.0',
  cldr: '33.0',
  tz: '2018c' }
> process.config.variables
{ asan: 0,
  build_v8_with_gn: false,
  coverage: false,
  debug_http2: false,
  debug_nghttp2: false,
  force_dynamic_crt: 0,
  host_arch: 'x64',
  icu_data_in: '../../deps/icu-small/source/data/in/icudt61l.dat',
  icu_endianness: 'l',
  icu_gyp_path: 'tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp',
  icu_locales: 'en,root',
  icu_path: 'deps/icu-small',
  icu_small: true,
  icu_ver_major: '61',
  llvm_version: '0',
  node_byteorder: 'little',
  node_debug_lib: false,
  node_enable_d8: false,
  node_enable_v8_vtunejit: false,
  node_install_npm: true,
  node_module_version: 64,
  node_no_browser_globals: false,
  node_prefix: '/',
  node_release_urlbase: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/',
  node_shared: false,
  node_shared_cares: false,
  node_shared_http_parser: false,
  node_shared_libuv: false,
  node_shared_nghttp2: false,
  node_shared_openssl: false,
  node_shared_zlib: false,
  node_tag: '',
  node_target_type: 'executable',
  node_use_bundled_v8: true,
  node_use_dtrace: true,
  node_use_etw: false,
  node_use_openssl: true,
  node_use_perfctr: false,
  node_use_v8_platform: true,
  node_without_node_options: false,
  openssl_fips: '',
  openssl_no_asm: 0,
  shlib_suffix: '64.dylib',
  target_arch: 'x64',
  v8_enable_gdbjit: 0,
  v8_enable_i18n_support: 1,
  v8_enable_inspector: 1,
  v8_no_strict_aliasing: 1,
  v8_optimized_debug: 0,
  v8_promise_internal_field_count: 1,
  v8_random_seed: 0,
  v8_trace_maps: 0,
  v8_typed_array_max_size_in_heap: 0,
  v8_use_snapshot: true,
  want_separate_host_toolset: 0,
  xcode_version: '7.0' }
> (1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
'US$ 1,999.99'

v10.3.0

> process.versions
{ http_parser: '2.8.0',
  node: '10.3.0',
  v8: '6.6.346.32-node.9',
  uv: '1.20.3',
  zlib: '1.2.11',
  ares: '1.14.0',
  modules: '64',
  nghttp2: '1.29.0',
  napi: '3',
  openssl: '1.1.0h',
  icu: '61.1',
  unicode: '10.0',
  cldr: '33.0',
  tz: '2018c' }
> process.config.variables
{ asan: 0,
  build_v8_with_gn: false,
  coverage: false,
  debug_http2: false,
  debug_nghttp2: false,
  force_dynamic_crt: 0,
  host_arch: 'x64',
  icu_data_in: '../../deps/icu-small/source/data/in/icudt61l.dat',
  icu_endianness: 'l',
  icu_gyp_path: 'tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp',
  icu_locales: 'en,root',
  icu_path: 'deps/icu-small',
  icu_small: true,
  icu_ver_major: '61',
  llvm_version: '0',
  node_byteorder: 'little',
  node_debug_lib: false,
  node_enable_d8: false,
  node_enable_v8_vtunejit: false,
  node_install_npm: true,
  node_module_version: 64,
  node_no_browser_globals: false,
  node_prefix: '/',
  node_release_urlbase: 'https://nodejs.org/download/release/',
  node_shared: false,
  node_shared_cares: false,
  node_shared_http_parser: false,
  node_shared_libuv: false,
  node_shared_nghttp2: false,
  node_shared_openssl: false,
  node_shared_zlib: false,
  node_tag: '',
  node_target_type: 'executable',
  node_use_bundled_v8: true,
  node_use_dtrace: true,
  node_use_etw: false,
  node_use_openssl: true,
  node_use_perfctr: false,
  node_use_v8_platform: true,
  node_without_node_options: false,
  openssl_fips: '',
  openssl_no_asm: 0,
  shlib_suffix: '64.dylib',
  target_arch: 'x64',
  v8_enable_gdbjit: 0,
  v8_enable_i18n_support: 1,
  v8_enable_inspector: 1,
  v8_no_strict_aliasing: 1,
  v8_optimized_debug: 0,
  v8_promise_internal_field_count: 1,
  v8_random_seed: 0,
  v8_trace_maps: 0,
  v8_typed_array_max_size_in_heap: 0,
  v8_use_snapshot: true,
  want_separate_host_toolset: 0,
  xcode_version: '7.0' }
> (1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})
'$1,999.99'

ken210 on 31 May 2018

Interesting, same ICU version and build but different output. Any idea @nodejs/intl?

silverwind on 31 May 2018

Cannot reproduce with Windows builds:
https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.2.1/win-x64/
https://nodejs.org/download/release/v10.3.0/win-x64/

> node.10.2.1.exe -e "console.log((1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'}))"
US$ 1,999.99

> node.10.3.0.exe -e "console.log((1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'}))"
US$ 1,999.99

vsemozhetbyt on 31 May 2018

can repro on mac

> n 10.2.1
> node -pe "(1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})"
US$ 1,999.99

> n 10.3.0
> node -pe "(1999.99).toLocaleString('us', {style: 'currency', currency: 'USD'})"
$1,999.99

devsnek on 31 May 2018

i would guess this is related to https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/20826

/cc @TimothyGu

devsnek on 31 May 2018

Yes… this was intended to be a fix of a bug that presented itself somewhere between v7.9.0 and v8.4.0 (#15223). I personally don’t believe the bug fix was a breaking change that warrants semver-major, but I do realize that it has the potential to break some test suites, so apologies about that.

I don’t think there is much we can do right now though. After all a revert would just make the problem worse (another such change in the v10.x branch).

TimothyGu on 31 May 2018

👍2

Closing based on https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/21053#issuecomment-393572896.

silverwind on 31 May 2018

it has the potential to break some test suites

test suites should not expect specific 'golden' results for locale data.

srl295 on 1 Jun 2018

msegers on 6 Feb 2019

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@srl295 Maybe, but you'd expect the same result on the same locale between node versions, right? We noticed the issue upgrading to node 10+ so we ended up removing the usage of locale, unfortunately.

I just started testing Node 10 for planned migration from Node 8. Noticed that Date.toLocaleString("iso") now behaves differently. Under Node 8 I would get "2019-03-12 12:34:56" but under Node 10+ I am getting "03/12/2019 12:34:56 PM". Funny thing is I am trying to find the old reference to "iso" as a valid locale and I am having no luck. I suspect it may have been expunged. However, toLocaleString() does not throw an error with it like it does for other invalid locales.