Uwe Stöhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The reason for the two calls is that from_utf8 is rather expensive, so we use >> the much faster from_ascii whereever possible. As soon as a non-ascii >> character is expected, we have to use from_utf8. > > But why do we use it then for babel? The babel code (language names) > also contains only ASCII characters?
It is probably an oversight. JMarc
