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Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 02:23:40 -0700
From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
Subject: Re: setlocal...
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:00:50 +0100 (CET), ams AT ludd DOT ltu DOT se wrote:

>According to Brian Inglis:
>> Index: src/docs/kb/wc204.txi
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/djgpp/djgpp/src/docs/kb/wc204.txi,v
>> retrieving revision 1.169
>> diff -p -u -t -r1.169 wc204.txi
>> --- src/docs/kb/wc204.txi	20 Jan 2004 08:53:18 -0000	1.169
>> +++ src/docs/kb/wc204.txi	7 Jan 2005 23:22:24 -0000
>> @@ -1053,3 +1053,22 @@ fails, if that function is compiled with
>>  @cindex @file{stdbool.h} added
>>  @cindex C99 compliance, @file{stdbool.h}
>>  The C99 file @file{stdbool.h} was added.
>> +
>> +@findex setlocale AT r{, liblocal[e]}
>> +Fixed problem with resetting the standard locale
>> +and returning the locale name.
>
>Thanks! But I was expecting a more complete explanation of what the
>change from a 10-line function into hundreds of lines meant.

Perhaps when Alexander Aganichev is redoing the code, he could provide
a bit more documentation on operation of the function. 
I just patched a few lines that weren't operating correctly.  

>> +@findex strftime AT r{, liblocal[e]}
>> +Liblocal[e] @code{strftime} is now identical to libc @code{strftime}.
>
>I don't think this is relevant to DJGPP('s libc).

We don't need a separate strftime distributed with setlocale: the
common module defaults to the standard C/POSIX locale. 

-- 
Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis