Re: ‘scm_from_locale_string’ and locale character encoding

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Bruce,

Bruce Korb <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 07/17/11 13:47, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> FWIW, I do understand the inconvenience and frustration reported here.
>>
>> But as Andy suggests, I think it should come as no surprise that
>> ‘scm_from_locale_string’ returns a string from a locale-encoded one.
>> Guile 1.8 already documented things this way [0].
>
> The issue is less about scm_from_locale_string than:

[...]

> * This is a behavioral change in a bug fix release.  The kind of
>   change one might more readily anticipate in a 2.0.x to 2.1 transition.

Wait, I was referring to the fact that scm_from_locale_string actually
honors the current locale, which was introduced in the 1.8 → 2.0
transition along with Unicode support.

Did I misunderstand the change you were referring to?

Thanks,
Ludo’.