[PATCH] Use Unicode code points for country_isbn

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Fri Jul 24 02:45:00 GMT 2015


On 07/23/2015 10:16 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> Joseph, Ondrej, and myself agree that we should find a way to just
>> make these files UTF-8. I expect that a precondition is going to be
>> to add an unremovable C.UTF-8 locale, which I think is important.
> 
> I also like the idea of having these files be UTF-8.
> 
> Why is an unremovable C.UTF-8 locale a precondition, though?  We
> should be able to assume a properly-installed localedef and a minimum
> set of locales for running development tools like localedef.  The
> minimum set could include en_US.UTF-8.

Agreed. I should not have said "precondition" when I really meant
"nice to have" since it simplifies some of the error handling
if you know you have a fallback UTF-8 locale you can use.

c.



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