On 2003-09-10 11:17:25 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 12:10:25PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > I agree, but then, why not accept "ISO-8859-1" only, from the user's > > point of view? > > You might as well just leave it at C. It doesn't provide the case > conversion functions (say) with any extra information.
But then, I would no longer be able to use accented characters. > More to the point, it's not implemented, not required to be implemented, > and not necessary for localization. :) Being able to choose "ISO-8859-1" without giving the language could be useful to use a single value on multiple machines, as not all locales are installed (and not anyone is root to generate the missing locales). -- Vincent Lef�vre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Math�matiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
