cvs commit: src/lib/libc/locale isdigit.3 isxdigit.3
Tim Robbins
tjr at freebsd.org
Tue Mar 30 00:55:34 PST 2004
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 12:29:36PM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 11:02:04PM -0800, Tim J. Robbins wrote:
> > Document the isnumber() and ishexnumber() functions, and explain how they
> > differ (at least in theory) from isdigit() and isxdigit().
>
> Currently we don't support number != digit flag in our mklocale(1) format.
> I think it worth to mention this fact in the BUGS section (short term
> solution) or add such flag (long term one).
My understanding is that we do have support for this in an obscure way:
isdigit() doesn't use the LC_CTYPE data file at all, and always returns
results from the C/POSIX locale (_DefaultRuneLocale). isnumber() uses
the current locale (_CurrentRuneLocale). So anything listed in the
LC_CTYPE file as DIGIT will only affect isnumber(), not isdigit().
I don't know whether this was an intended feature or not.
But you're right - I'll add something to the manual page about the
number != digit limitation.
Tim
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