kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/setlocale.texi

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  Date : 2011-02-12T18:16:10
  

  setlocale: Workaround native Windows bug.
  
  * lib/setlocale.c (rpl_setlocale): On native Windows, when setlocale
  succeeds but sets LC_CTYPE to "C", report a failure.
  * tests/test-setlocale2.sh: New file.
  * tests/test-setlocale2.c: New file.
  * modules/setlocale-tests (Files): Add the new files.
  (Makefile.am): Enable test-setlocale2.sh test.
  * doc/posix-functions/setlocale.texi: Mention workaround.
  

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• doc/posix-functions/setlocale.texi

• @node setlocale
  @section @code{setlocale}
  @findex setlocale
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/setlocale.html}
  
  Gnulib module: setlocale
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{setlocale(@var{category},NULL)}
  ignores the environment variables @code{LC_ALL}, @code{@var{category}}, and
  @code{LANG}.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{setlocale(LC_ALL,@var{name})}
  succeeds and sets the LC_CTYPE category to @samp{C} when it does not support
  the encoding, instead of failing.
  @item
  On Windows platforms (excluding Cygwin), @code{setlocale} understands different
  locale names, that are not based on ISO 639 language names and ISO 3166 country
  names.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  On Cygwin 1.5.x, which doesn't have locales,
  @code{setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL)} always returns @code{"C"}.
  @item
  On Cygwin 1.7.0, only the charset portion of a locale designation is honored.
  @end itemize
  

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