Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc

[yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 03:31:01PM +0000, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>> > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 09:31:18AM +0000, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
>> >> > Module Name:    src
>> >> > Committed By:   joerg
>> >> > Date:           Mon Aug 19 22:43:28 UTC 2013
>> >> > 
>> >> > Modified Files:
>> >> >         src/lib/libc/citrus: citrus_lc_ctype.c
>> >> >         src/lib/libc/gen: isctype.c
>> >> >         src/lib/libc/locale: global_locale.c setlocale_local.h
>> >> > 
>> >> > Log Message:
>> >> > Remove most LC_CTYPE specific parts of locale.cache.
>> >> 
>> >> why?
>> > 
>> > Unlike the locale parts, the cache is currently not invariant and also
>> > not updated atomically. I am working on fixing that. It is useful for
>> > run time memory usage to remove redundant fields and reduce the number
>> > of categories that affect the cache.
>> 
>> for what purpose do you need atomic update?
> 
> In a multi-threaded application, calling nl_langinfo or localeconv
> should provide consistent results. It doesn't do that ATM.

- who updates them behind nl_langinfo/localeconv?
- does looking at part_impl directly make them atomic?  how?

YAMAMOTO Takashi

> 
> Joerg