Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] vl: set LC_CTYPE early in main() for all code

[Markus Armbruster]

Daniel P. Berrangé <address@hidden> writes:

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> I think that's fundamentally the wrong way around. Most stuff *should*
> be locale dependant, otherwise any interaction with the host OS is
> likely to use incorrect localization. It isn't practical to put a
> uselocale() call around every place that opens a filename. There are
> a few places where QEMU should be locale indepandant such as the QMP
> and guest OS ABI sensitive things, which should take account of it.

All right, you convinced me.  The problem is even bigger than I thought.
That means the return on investment in this area is even poorer than I
thought.

I don't think we should try to support anything but ASCII and UTF-8.