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Re: Remaining dependency on setlocale()

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

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From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
To: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2025-11-10T20:39:28Z
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On Mon, 2025-11-03 at 20:14 +0100, Daniel Verite wrote:
> No, I think we should put the database's lc_ctype
> into LC_CTYPE and the database's lc_collate into
> LC_COLLATE, independently of anything else,
> like it was done until commit 5e6e42e.
> I believe that's the purpose of these database
> properties, whether the provider is libc or ICU or builtin.

As phrased, that appears to be a promise that we will never support
thread-per-connection. setlocale() is not thread-safe, and uselocale()
is not available on NetBSD.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis