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1998-09-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de> * manual/locale.texi: Fix typos.
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@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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List of known bugs (certainly very incomplete)
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----------------------------------------------
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Time-stamp: <1998-09-01T10:40:39-0700 drepper>
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Time-stamp: <1998-09-10T17:09:57-0700 drepper>
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This following list contains those bugs which I'm aware of. Please
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make sure that bugs you report are not listed here. If you can fix one
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@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ Severity: [ *] to [***]
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correctly since the parsing of the multi-byte characters does not
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yet use mbsrtowcs().
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[ *] The strftime() implementation cannot handle multibyte locales really
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good since the TOLOWER and TOUPPER are not prepared.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Ulrich Drepper
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drepper@cygnus.com
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@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
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1998-09-02 Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
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* manual/locale.texi: Fix typos.
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1998-09-10 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
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* stdlib/random_r.c (__setstate_r): Allow call with same state
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@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
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1998-09-02 11:08 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
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* signals.c (sigaction): Check that sig is less than NSIG to avoid
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array index overflow.
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1998-09-06 10:56 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
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* sysdeps/pthread/semaphore.h: New file.
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@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ int sigaction(int sig, const struct sigaction * act,
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if (act)
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{
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newact = *act;
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if (act->sa_handler != SIG_IGN && act->sa_handler != SIG_DFL)
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if (act->sa_handler != SIG_IGN && act->sa_handler != SIG_DFL
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&& sig < NSIG)
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newact.sa_handler = pthread_sighandler;
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newactp = &newact;
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}
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@ -110,9 +111,13 @@ int sigaction(int sig, const struct sigaction * act,
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newactp = NULL;
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if (__sigaction(sig, newactp, oact) == -1)
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return -1;
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if (oact != NULL) oact->sa_handler = sighandler[sig];
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if (act)
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sighandler[sig] = act->sa_handler;
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if (sig < NSIG)
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{
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if (oact != NULL)
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oact->sa_handler = sighandler[sig];
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if (act)
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sighandler[sig] = act->sa_handler;
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}
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return 0;
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}
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ will follow the conventions preferred by the user.
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with library functions.
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* Standard Locales:: Locale names available on all systems.
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* Locale Information:: How to access the information for the locale.
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* Formatting Numbers:: A dedicated functions to format numbers.
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* Formatting Numbers:: A dedicated function to format numbers.
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@end menu
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@node Effects of Locale, Choosing Locale, , Locales
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@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ as far as the system follows the Unix standards.
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Together with the @code{setlocale} function the @w{ISO C} people
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invented @code{localeconv} function. It is a masterpiece of misdesign.
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It is expensive to use, it is not extendable, and does not generally
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It is expensive to use, it is not extendable, and is not generally
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usable as it provides access only to the @code{LC_MONETARY} and
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@code{LC_NUMERIC} related information. If it is applicable for a
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certain situation it should nevertheless be used since it is very
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@ -656,12 +656,12 @@ monetary quantities will tell us what we should recommend.
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@node The Elegant and Fast Way, , The Lame Way to Locale Data, Locale Information
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@subsection Pinpoint Access to Locale Data
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When writing the X/Open Portability Guide the authors realized that
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implicit used added to by the @code{localeconv} function is not enough
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to provide reasonable access to the locale information. The
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information which was meant to be available in the locale (as later
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specified in the POSIX.1 standard) requires more possibilities to access
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it. Therefore the @code{nl_langinfo} function was introduced.
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When writing the X/Open Portability Guide the authors realized that the
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@code{localeconv} function is not enough to provide reasonable access to
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the locale information. The information which was meant to be available
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in the locale (as later specified in the POSIX.1 standard) requires more
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possibilities to access it. Therefore the @code{nl_langinfo} function
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was introduced.
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@comment langinfo.h
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@comment XOPEN
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@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ it. Therefore the @code{nl_langinfo} function was introduced.
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The @code{nl_langinfo} function can be used to access individual
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elements of the locale categories. I.e., unlike the @code{localeconv}
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function which always returns all the information @code{nl_langinfo}
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lets the caller select what information is necessary. This is a very
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lets the caller select what information is necessary. This is very
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fast and it is no problem to call this function multiple times.
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The second advantage is that not only the numeric and monetary
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@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ corresponds to Sunday.
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@itemx DAY_5
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@itemx DAY_6
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@itemx DAY_7
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Similar to @code{ABDAY_1} etc, but here the return value are the
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unabbreviated weekday names.
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Similar to @code{ABDAY_1} etc, but here the return value is the
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unabbreviated weekday name.
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@item ABMON_1
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@itemx ABMON_2
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@itemx ABMON_3
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@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ unabbreviated weekday names.
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@itemx ABMON_10
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@itemx ABMON_11
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@itemx ABMON_12
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The return value are abbreviated names for the month names. @code{ABMON_1}
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The return value is abbreviated name for the month names. @code{ABMON_1}
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corresponds to January.
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@item MON_1
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@itemx MON_2
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@ -919,9 +919,9 @@ correctly there should never be a misunderstanding over the time and
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date format.
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@node Formatting Numbers, , Locale Information, Locales
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@section A dedicated functions to format numbers
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@section A dedicated function to format numbers
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We have seen the the structure returned by @code{localeconv} as well as
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We have seen that the structure returned by @code{localeconv} as well as
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the values given to @code{nl_langinfo} allow to retrieve the various
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pieces of locale specific information to format numbers and monetary
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amounts. But we have also seen that the rules underlying this
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specifier or modifier given, only @samp{%%} is allowed.
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@end table
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As it is done for @code{printf}, the function read the format string
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from left to right and uses the value passed to the function following
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the format string. The value are expected to be either of type
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@code{double} or @code{long double}, depending in the presence of the
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As it is done for @code{printf}, the function reads the format string
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from left to right and uses the values passed to the function following
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the format string. The values are expected to be either of type
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@code{double} or @code{long double}, depending on the presence of the
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modifier @samp{L}. The result is stored in the buffer pointed to by
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@var{s}. At most @var{maxsize} characters are stored.
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The return value of the function is the number of characters stored in
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@var{s}, including the terminating NUL byte.. If the number of
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@var{s}, including the terminating NUL byte. If the number of
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characters stored would exceed @var{maxsize} the function returns
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@math{-1} and the content of the buffer @var{s} is unspecified. In this
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case @code{errno} is set to @code{E2BIG}.
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@end deftypefun
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A few examples should make the clear how to use this function. It is
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A few examples should make it clear how to use this function. It is
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assumed that all the following pieces of code are executed in a program
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which uses the locale valid for the USA (@code{en_US}). The simplest
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form of the format is this:
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@ -1123,8 +1123,8 @@ braces and this is what the @samp{(} flag selected. The fill character
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is now @samp{0}. Please note that this @samp{0} character is not
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regarded as a numeric zero and therefore the first and second number are
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not printed using a thousands separator. Since we use in the format the
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specifier @samp{i} instead of @samp{n} no the international form of the
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specifier @samp{i} instead of @samp{n} now the international form of the
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currency symbol is used. This is a four letter string, in this case
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@code{"USD "}. The last point is that since the left precision is
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selected to be three the first and second number are printed with and
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extra zero and the end and the third number is printed unrounded.
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selected to be three the first and second number are printed with an
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extra zero at the end and the third number is printed unrounded.
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