paddy <paddy@panici.net> writes: > I can see your point of view here. Ironically, I've been assuming, > purely on names, that you are more likely to be living in an english > speaking country (as am I), whilst Sven might be less likely. More to the point, the issue isn't whether a well-behaved program uses only the C locale. It's that we should be stable even for users who are "misusing" the system.