Re: [boost] ios_state_test.cpp

From: Daryle Walker (darylew_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-22 20:37:44

on 5/22/02 10:34 AM, David Abrahams at david.abrahams_at_[hidden] wrote:

> I was wondering about the reasons for using locale("") as opposed to
> locale("C") in ios_state_test.cpp; it seems like it opens the test up to
> lots of different behaviors. For example Metrowerks Pro7 and later look in
> the environment for a LANG setting in this case, and do something with that
> (Howard can comment on the reasons if anyone's interested)... which makes
> it rather hard to pass the test reliably.

There's no particular reason; I just needed a locale name that is guaranteed
to be on every system.  What's the difference between the "" and "C"
locales?

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