Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:06:36 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: BAD strupr, BAD getw
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:

> Or implement a function
>   char *strxlate(char *string, int (*xlatefunc)(int));
> where strupr(string) would be written strxlate(string, toupper)

No, that's not the right way.  What should be happening is that the ctype 
functions like isupper and toupper are locale-sensitive.  Then, if you 
set, say, a Latin-1 locale, strupr will DTRT automagically because it 
calls toupper.

However, currently DJGPP supports only the "C" locale.