Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] Why iconv is locale dependent?

[Bruno Haible]

Hi,

> I am writing you because I couldn't understand why iconv (and libiconv 
> also, I suppose) is locale-dependent.

Short answer: Because different cultures have different conventions.

For example, Gorbatchov (English) is Gorbatschow (in German) or
Gorbatchev (in French).

In glibc, you find the transliteration rules per locale in
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=tree;f=localedata/locales

libiconv, on the other hand, is simpler: it does not have locale-
dependent transliteration. This is more a misfeature than a feature.

Bruno