Daniel P. Berrangé <berra...@redhat.com> writes: [...] > I think that's fundamentally the wrong way around. Most stuff *should* > be locale dependant, otherwise any interaction with the host OS is > likely to use incorrect localization. It isn't practical to put a > uselocale() call around every place that opens a filename. There are > a few places where QEMU should be locale indepandant such as the QMP > and guest OS ABI sensitive things, which should take account of it.
All right, you convinced me. The problem is even bigger than I thought. That means the return on investment in this area is even poorer than I thought. I don't think we should try to support anything but ASCII and UTF-8.
