Shouldn't the pluralize filter consider 0 to be singular?

[aleray]

Shouldn't the pluralize filter consider 0 to be singular?

Consider this example:

{% get_comment_count for paragraph as comment_count %}
{{ comment_count }} comment{{ comment_count|pluralize }}

For instance if comment_count is equal to 0, the output will be "0 comments" (with a final s).

[Karen Tracey]

No, in English zero uses the plural form, see:

​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural#Zero

The current behavior is correct and documented:

​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#pluralize

The only value that does not get the plural suffix is 1.

[Etienne Desautels]

And what about other languages such as French where the plural form is not use for zero (see Wikipedia article)? Maybe pluralize should take into account the active language and do the right thing for each language? I know this is not simple.

[Claude Paroz]

I think that pluralize is mainly targeted to the English language. For any other language, you are probably better off creating your own specialized filter. You can then propose it as an external app or even as part of a localflavor.

Please discuss it on django-dev first, and if a real solution emerges, then reopen the ticket.