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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 17:00:49 +0100
From: Daniel Schoepe <daniel@...oepe.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: printf doesn't respect locale
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 6:55 PM Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org> wrote:
> It's not a discrepancy; the set of locales supported by an
> implementation, unless it includes the POSIX localedef utility/option,
> is implementation-defined. musl's definition does not include locales
> where the radix point is not '.'
Thanks, that makes sense. However, it may make sense to document this
assumption in the FAQ entries related to printf.
> I really really really don't like the feature of changing the radix
> point, and this implementation choice was intentional, but it's come
> up several times with people being upset that it's not in line with
> musl's mission of being multilingual-friendly. I think it deserves
> some consideration again along with upcoming locale improvements.
> There's at least one past thread with design sketches on how it would
> need to be done (and what needs to be done anyway for LC_MONETARY
> stuff), and sadly it got no feedback from people interested in
> improved locale functionality which is why I've kinda let it be for
> the time being...
I'm also not a fan of this behavior, I actually stumbled across this
when tracking
down a bug the different radix usage caused.
Best,
Daniel
>
> Rich
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