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Cc: "php-dev Internals" <internals@lists.php.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 09:31:34 -0800
To: "Matt Wilmas" <php_lists@realplain.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] The new printf implementation
From: andrei@gravitonic.com (Andrei Zmievski)

Yes, POSIX locales should not be used either in internal or userland 
printf() unless we're using en_US locale.

-Andrei

On Jan 5, 2007, at 6:15 AM, Matt Wilmas wrote:

> Hi Andrei,
>
> I have no idea. :-)  It doesn't really affect me personally that I can 
> think
> of, so whatever you guys decide.  I don't feel strongly either way...  
> I
> just wanted to bring up the internal changes originally after the 
> locale
> stuff created the bug with number_format() (maybe a couple others).
>
> In your first reply (weeks ago), you mentioned POSIX locales being
> deprecated in Unicode mode, and I assumed you were referring to the 
> internal
> printf, but maybe you meant PHP's userland printf.  Well, whichever 
> version,
> I'm neutral on what to do.  Oh, and to clarify that the 
> locale-awareness
> wasn't "a good idea" in my last message, I meant as far as breaking 
> things
> (internal or 3rd party), not just in general...
>
>
> Matt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrei Zmievski"
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007
>
>> So we should remove locale-awareness then?
>>
>> -Andrei
>>
>> On Jan 4, 2007, at 5:15 AM, Matt Wilmas wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrei,
>>>
>>> No, not really... :-)  I agree with what you said.  Even in
>>> non-Unicode mode
>>> or 5.2, it doesn't seem like making things locale aware which weren't
>>> before
>>> is a good idea (3rd party code that's relying on behavior, etc. 
>>> which I
>>> think was mentioned elsewhere).
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt