I wrote: > * Where they're not, install the locale_t with uselocale(), do > mbstowcs or wcstombs, and revert to the former locale_t setting. > This is ugly as sin, and not thread-safe, but of course lots of > the backend is not thread-safe.
I've been corrected on that: uselocale() *is* thread safe, at least in glibc (it only affects the locale used by the current thread). And it's "only a few instructions" according to Jakub Jelinek. So a temporary setting via uselocale is exactly what you're supposed to do for any locale-sensitive function that hasn't got a *_l variant. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers