From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Holger Arnold <holgerar@gmail.com>
Cc: 12392@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12392: emacs-gtk misinterprets floating-point numbers under certain locales on openSUSE 12.2
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:08:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2txuqxfhp.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1544800.869GeMQOQf@thinkpad.home> (Holger Arnold's message of "Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:38:22 +0200")
Holger Arnold <holgerar@gmail.com> writes:
> As to whether calling setlocale(LC_ALL, "") in a library is a bug, what would
> you expect a library that wants to provide localized messages to do? Changing
> the locale before and after each call? This would be racy in a multi-threaded
> program.
There is a good reason why the C standard says "The implementation shall
behave as if no library function calls the setlocale function."
Extending that to other libraries improves the quality of
implementation.
Andreas.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-22 15:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-09 7:37 bug#12392: 24.2; emacs-gtk misinterprets floating-point numbers under certain locales on openSUSE 12.2 Achim Gratz
2012-09-09 7:43 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-09 8:09 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-09 8:30 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-10 17:37 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-10 19:00 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-13 8:20 ` bug#12392: " Paul Eggert
2012-09-13 17:59 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-14 15:58 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-21 9:59 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 6:19 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-22 14:38 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 15:08 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2012-09-22 15:49 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-22 17:04 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 17:19 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-22 17:22 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-22 16:54 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-22 16:55 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-22 17:00 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-23 10:04 ` Jan Djärv
2012-09-23 17:27 ` Achim Gratz
2012-09-23 19:58 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 16:56 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 16:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-22 16:38 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 16:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-22 16:54 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 17:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-22 17:18 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 19:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-09-22 19:44 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-22 16:36 ` Achim Gratz
2012-10-07 10:57 ` Holger Arnold
2012-09-21 20:08 ` Holger Arnold
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