Re: [boost] [locale] Review

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Review
From: Gevorg Voskanyan (v_gevorg_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-18 09:06:59

Artyom wrote:
> If so please implement following in C correctly:
> 
> 
> void  delete_values_above_x(double x)
> {
>    char statement[256];
>     snprintf(statement,sizeof(statement),"DELETE FROM sometable WHERE x >  
>%f",x);
>    mysql_query(connection,statement)
> }
> 
> When in current  locale the decimal point is "," and x=3.14...
> 
> You can't do it in  reasonable simple way in C.
> It is design issue of standard C and C++  library.
> 
> Artyom

While I agree about the standard C library, what issue does C++ standard library 
have here?
You can just imbue std::locale::classic() and you are good to go. Am I missing 
something?

Gevorg