Subject: Re: setlocale
From: Jesper Skov (jskov@cambridge.redhat.com)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 00:53:19 CDT
>>>>> "Dom" == Dom Lachowicz <cinamod@hotmail.com> writes:
Dom> Hi, I'd just like to remind everyone about an important part of
Dom> localization - setlocale(). I've been chasing a few bugs in the
Dom> tree caused by people not using setlocale().
Dom> When should you use it? At least before and after every sprintf()
Dom> that has a numeric value. We've got to make sure that these
Dom> formatted numbers work right (our number parsing routines don't
Dom> know what to do with 8,500in and they shouldn't have to - 8.500in
Dom> is the standard we're sticking to).
This should be documented somewhere! In the coding standard even, I
think. A developer starting tomorrow will have missed your message.
Jesper
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