From: Nikolai Weibull <now@...>
Date: 2013-05-06T16:49:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:54818] Re: Call setlocale(LC_ALL, "") instead of setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:56 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
<kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Precisely my point and precisely why setlocale should be called with
>> LC_ALL.  It���s impossible to write extensions tat use locale-dependent
>> functionality unless Ruby actively supports it.  Your argument held
>> equally true before setlocale(LC_CTYPE) was added, but still it was
>> added.

> Please elaborate more. Why don't you use strcoll_l()[?]

I do, but it might not be available.

> Why don't you use temporary locale changes such as:
>
> old_locale = setlocale(LC_COLLATE, NULL);
> setlocale(LC_COLLATE, your_faborite_locale);
>
> strcoll(blah blah);
>
> setlocaleLC_COLLATE, old_locale);

Because it���s not thread safe.