mon_grouping bug

[Gerhard Tonn]

On Friday 14 March 2003 21:40, you wrote:
> > The description of the grouping and mon_grouping members says
> > "An element value of CHAR_MAX ends any further grouping (and hence ends
> > the string)".
> >
> > The best solution would probably be the substitution of '\177' by
> > CHAR_MAX in ld-monetary, but I am not sure what the implications
> > are. Therefore I decided not to change any running code but only to add a
> > code path.
>
> Looking at the standard, I think that is indeed the correct change.
> It clearly says CHAR_MAX, so the value must be the same value a program
> compiled using the CHAR_MAX macro sees.
>
> I too am concerned about what effects this might have on existing programs,
> however.  It can only be an issue for existing programs on platforms where
> char defaults to unsigned and so CHAR_MAX != 0177.  Which platforms are
> these?

These are ppc, s390, s390x and arm.

Gerhard