Karel Zak wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 10:15:37AM -0600, Manuel Sugawara wrote:
> > Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz> writes:
> >
> > > We don't directly call locale stuff in PostgreSQL code. It's
> > > encapsulated in PGLC_ (pg_locale.c) API and all is cached, for
> > > this we use localeconv(3) that returns all in one struct.
> > >
> > > (What portability of nl_langinfo()? The localeconv() is ANSI C and
> > > POSIX functions.)
> >
> > localenconv is posix and ANSI C but it doesn't provide such
> > functionality (localized month and day names). nl_langinfo conforms to
> > "The Single UNIX? Specification, Version 2", according to it's manual
> > page. The portability isn't an issue as long as you provide means to
> > test and avoid it's use in systems that doesn't provide it. I know
> > that, at least, Linux and Solaris does, but FreeBSD does not.
>
> But we want FreeBSD and others systems too....
Yes, this was one of the issues. Can we support both localization
libraries?
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