* returning a const reference to one of the symbol strings.
* The returned reference becomes invalid when the symbol is changed
* or when the DecimalFormatSymbols are destroyed.
- * ### TODO markus 2002oct11: Consider proposing getConstSymbol() to be really public.
* Note: moved #ifndef U_HIDE_INTERNAL_API after this, since this is needed for inline in DecimalFormat
*
+ * This is not currently stable API, but if you think it should be stable,
+ * post a comment on the following ticket and the ICU team will take a look:
+ * http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/13580
+ *
* @param symbol Constant to indicate a number format symbol.
* @return the format symbol by the param 'symbol'
* @internal
* to accessing the symbol from getConstSymbol with the corresponding
* key, such as kZeroDigitSymbol or kOneDigitSymbol.
*
+ * This is not currently stable API, but if you think it should be stable,
+ * post a comment on the following ticket and the ICU team will take a look:
+ * http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/13580
+ *
* @param digit The digit, an integer between 0 and 9 inclusive.
* If outside the range 0 to 9, the zero digit is returned.
* @return the format symbol for the given digit.