Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:55:43 -0600 From: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> To: Xin LI <d@delphij.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setlocale() for base system utilities Message-ID: <CAGsORuCMfWzhWOrDD_PXunKuXWLFLkt2mGaaFgXWsNJkd9wKxQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50EF7554.70607@delphij.net> References: <50EF7554.70607@delphij.net>
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > I just noticed that many base system utilities, like rm, cat, etc. > does not do setlocale() at beginning. Is this intentional or just > nobody have yet to done it? Enabling locale in the non-wide-char-awared utilities only makes difference for 8-bit locales, like ISO8859-*, but not multibyte ones. From a user's point of view, this is an inconsistency. -- Zhihao Yuan, ID lichray The best way to predict the future is to invent it. ___________________________________________________ 4BSD -- http://4bsd.biz/
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