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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 04:27:32 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kevans: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b74486181832b664c749bf542c93e6e55bc2ac20 commit b74486181832b664c749bf542c93e6e55bc2ac20 Author: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2023-07-21 04:27:24 +0000 Commit: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2023-07-21 04:27:24 +0000 libc: locale: flesh out an incomplete comment Extrapolate from the context what the intention for the rest of the comment probably was -- that the C/POSIX (and now C.UTF-8) locales may avoid an allocation and reuse a global table. Reviewed by: bapt Sponsored by: Klara, Inc. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D41087 --- lib/libc/locale/xlocale_private.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/xlocale_private.h b/lib/libc/locale/xlocale_private.h index 1d7b1a44d36f..149e019d6098 100644 --- a/lib/libc/locale/xlocale_private.h +++ b/lib/libc/locale/xlocale_private.h @@ -163,7 +163,10 @@ xlocale_release(void *val) /** * Load functions. Each takes the name of a locale and a pointer to the data - * to be initialised as arguments. Two special values are allowed for the + * to be initialised as arguments. Three special values are allowed for the + * name of the locale: C, POSIX, and C.UTF-8. When these are used, we may + * use some statically defined tables rather than allocating memory for the + * locales' use. */ extern void* __collate_load(const char*, locale_t); extern void* __ctype_load(const char*, locale_t);