(1) Is examination of the LC_CTYPE environment variable on UNIX-like environments a sufficient way of detecting locale?
No, see <http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0627/6j9vhfn5f?a=view>.
See also: - <http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0634/6j9vo5am0?a=view> - <http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0634/6j9vo5akm?a=view> - <http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/806-0624/6j9vek59d?a=view>
Best wishes, Otto Stolz
