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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.6.0-0.6


On Aug  7 23:47, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> On 2016-08-05 05:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > The 2.6.0 release is going to introducing the locale_t datatype, as well
> > as all functions related to locale_t locales and per-thread locales per
> > POSIX-1.2008.
> > 
> > So, rather than just providing a single, per-process locale, you can now
> > create new locales ("newlocale") and set it as locale for the current
> > thread ("uselocale") or use it directly with one of the new functions
> > taking a locale_t as parameter (i.e. isalpha_l).
> > 
> > The full list of new interfaces is:
> 
> Trying to build scribus, strtod_l is notably missing from this list.

strtod_l is not POSIX.  I only implemented the set of functions required
by POSIX-1.2008, no Linux and no FreeBSD extensions (the latter being a
can of worms).  If scribus requires strtod_l as soon as other *_l
functions are implemented, it's not POSIX-compliant.

Having said that, we can certainly add Linux/FreeBSD extensions over
time but for the 2.6.0 release I'd like to start with the set of
POSIX-mandated functions first.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

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