rlb pushed a commit to branch main
in repository guile.
commit e1a6622b3b5ce877477a16644788e2b9eb58de83
Author: Rob Browning <r...@defaultvalue.org>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 20 20:55:36 2025 -0600
Note setlocale raises a system-error when locale doesn't exist
doc/ref/posix.texi: note setlocale raises a system-error when locale
doesn't exist
Thanks to Francesco P. Lovergine for suggesting the
addition (https://bugs.debian.org/1078681).
---
doc/ref/posix.texi | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/ref/posix.texi b/doc/ref/posix.texi
index d4a14ec24..08d939b9f 100644
--- a/doc/ref/posix.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/posix.texi
@@ -3822,6 +3822,10 @@ process. @xref{i18n Introduction, locale objects and
@code{make-locale}}, for a thread-safe alternative.
@end deffn
+A @code{system-error} exception (@pxref{Handling Errors}) is raised by
+@code{setlocale} when @var{locale-name} does not match any of the
+locales compiled on the system.
+
@node Encryption
@subsection Encryption
@cindex encryption
