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It really wasn't. Even local-only programs need to process data that isn't formatted in the user's locale.

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thread-local locale you can easily save and restore would work. In other words, dynamically scoped.

But you don't want to be processing data in locale dependent-ways using the crap available in ISO C.

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0 pointsaccount421y ago0 comments

It really wasn't. Even local-only programs need to process data that isn't formatted in the user's locale.

thread-local locale you can easily save and restore would work. In other words, dynamically scoped.

But you don't want to be processing data in locale dependent-ways using the crap available in ISO C.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse