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Re: [PATCH] setlocale changes

To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] setlocale changes
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 02 Jan 2001 14:48:05 -0800
Cc: Glibc hackers <libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com>
References: <20010102182426.D526@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz><m37l4dzvpb.fsf@otr.mynet.cygnus.com><20010102233913.E526@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>
Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> writes:

> I'm not entirely sure I understand.
> Do you say that
> char *p = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
> setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
> setlocale(LC_CTYPE, p);
> 
> should work or did you just mean if the middle setlocale is not present?

The above cannot be expected to work.  You have to dup the string.

> Those 3 lines don't work in current glibc, but could be made to work much
> more easily (it is wasteful to allocate the same string again and free the
> other one soon afterwards):

Not needed.  Fix the application.

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References:
- [PATCH] setlocale changes
  - From: Jakub Jelinek
- Re: [PATCH] setlocale changes
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: [PATCH] setlocale changes
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

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