Re: [HACKERS] Using multi-locale support in glibc

2005-09-01 Thread Tom Lane
Martijn van Oosterhout writes: > Do we have some platforms that don't have any multi-language support? I > mean, we don't have a complete thread library but a wrapper around the > ones used on the platform. Couldn't we make a similar wrapper that used > glibc if it was available, windows native if

Re: [HACKERS] Using multi-locale support in glibc

2005-09-01 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 01:46:00PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Martijn van Oosterhout writes: > > 1. Is something supported by glibc usable for us (re portability to > > non-glibc platforms)? > > Nope. Sorry. Do we have some platforms that don't have any multi-language support? I mean, we don't ha

Re: [HACKERS] Using multi-locale support in glibc

2005-09-01 Thread Tom Lane
Martijn van Oosterhout writes: > 1. Is something supported by glibc usable for us (re portability to > non-glibc platforms)? Nope. Sorry. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner

[HACKERS] Using multi-locale support in glibc

2005-09-01 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
Browsing the glibc stuff for locales I noticed that glibc does actually allow you to specify the collation order to strcoll and friends. The feature is however marked with: Attention: all these functions are *not* standardized in any form. This is a proof-of-concept implementation. They do