Name: bb33257 Date: 07/23/97


Although the LocaleElements classes contain data for the various
currency elements (for example, the currency symbol such as "$", the currency
separator (which can differ from the usual decimal separator),
and the long currency symbol such as "USD"), they are not used.
Instead, they are hard-coded into the number patterns.

The correct fix is to encode the currency patterns using the
Unicode currency symbol (\u00A4), and to modify DecimalFormat
to substitute in the currency symbol.

This will require a code change to DecimalFormat, a data change
to all locale currency patterns. No API change is necessary.
Javadoc will have to be updated for DecimalFormat and/or NumberFormat.
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