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[Bug libc/15459] RFE: Add |localeconv_l()| to allow porting of FreeBSD/OSX applications...
- From: "carlos at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 19:02:07 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/15459] RFE: Add |localeconv_l()| to allow porting of FreeBSD/OSX applications...
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- References: <bug-15459-131 at http dot sourceware dot org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15459
--- Comment #5 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> 2013-05-14 19:02:07 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #4)
> By harmful, I meant harmful to portability and/or application simplicity. If
> there's already a simple, portable way to do something that doesn't have
> excessive cost, adding a second way to do it means an application will take one
> of three paths:
>
> 1. Using the portable way and ignoring the availability of the non-portable
> one.
>
> 2. Adding configure checks and #ifdefs to use the new way optionally.
>
> 3. Using the new non-portable way unconditionally.
Rich, Thanks for clarifying. That makes sense.
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