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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:08:54 -0700
From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
Subject: Re: C99 strftime and Related Changes
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 12:27:19 +0100 (CET), ams AT ludd DOT ltu DOT se wrote:

>According to Brian Inglis:
>> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:21:25 +0100 (CET), ams AT ludd DOT ltu DOT se wrote:
>> >Anyway I dug up some file Alexander posted 2002-01-02 containing
>> >setlocale()! Is this what we are talking about?
>> 
>> Yes. 
>> 
>> >If it is, then I wonder:
>> >
>> >1. I guess this is a replacement for libc/ansi/locale/setlocal.c. Is
>> >it? 
>> 
>> It was packaged as a separate library liblocal.a containing setlocal.c
>> and a version of strftime.c which is now identical to time/strftime.c. 
>> It uses the DOS country information to set some locale characteristics. 
>
>Hmmm... Should this be integrated into libc or not? I ask everyone.

As a data point, the following functions have been changed: 
ansi/locale/setlocal.c
ansi/stdio/doprnt.c doscan.c
ansi/stdlib/strtod.c strtold.c
ansi/string/strcoll.c
ansi/time/strftime.c
posix/regex
but not ansi/ctype and none of the mb/wc functions. 

-- 
Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada