Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:00:13 GMT From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Petr_Hroudn=C3=BD?=" <petr.hroudny@gmail.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/116363: isspace broken for UTF-8 locales Message-ID: <200709170900.l8H90DVh042589@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/116363; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Petr_Hroudn=C3=BD?=" <petr.hroudny@gmail.com> To: "Hye-Shik Chang" <perky@freebsd.org> Cc: "Andrey Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jkoshy@freebsd.org, i18n@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gnu/116363: isspace broken for UTF-8 locales Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:35:52 +0200 2007/9/16, Hye-Shik Chang <perky@freebsd.org>: > If you are saying about Python's str.split(), the problem is due > to our libc bug (or feature) which is described many times before, > and Python already includes a workaround for the problem. > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-checkins/2004-August/042343.html I run into this problem when using mutt, which utilizes isspace to separate tokens in e.g. list of recipients. Then I've found the workaround for Python, saying this problem should be fixed in FreeBSD6 - but it's still present even in 7-current. I do believe it would be better to fix isspace() than introduce workarounds into every application. Regards, Petr
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