Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

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.

Joerg