Re: C library
On 11-Jun-2002 Helgi Örn wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-06-11 at 19:42, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
>> > Wouldn't "C" be a more appropriate default locale for non-US users?
>> >
>>
>> sure, but you are assuming competency in coders (-: C should work by
>> default
>> without editing or enabling anything .
> Could you guys explain for a non-programmer what this is about?
>
the locale "C" is meant to be the default, it always works, safe locale. The
name "C" comes from the programming language C. Basically the default locale
should allow you to code a C app without causing issues when given to someone
else (weird control chars in the comments, etc).
en_US is specifically English, United States.
My suspicion is one of two things, possibly linked is occuring.
1) Red Hat sets the locale to en_US by default now so it is always enabled in
glibc even if you switch locales
2) there was a glibc change which made locale generating ugly unless your
locale was set to something other than "C"
That either of these is the real reason for not using "C" is rampant
speculation.
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