[Bug libstdc++/41495] libstdc++ --enable-clocale=ieee_1003.1-2001 fails

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41495

--- Comment #10 from Alasdair Lumsden <alasdairrr at gmail dot com> 2011-05-23 18:36:29 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #9)
> I only work on libstdc++ in my spare time and I lack the time, not the
> motivation :)

Alrighty!

> There are some others who expressed an interest in improving the locale code
> for Darwin and they might be interested.  See the libstdc++ mailing list
> archives for December 2010, January, February and May 2011 for various threads
> on the subject.

I'll check this out, thanks for the info.

> > > I think a better long term plan is to write a new locale model based on the
> > > POSIX 2008 API, as that could be common to more platforms and would provide
> > > thread-safety and the other advantages of the GNU/Linux code.
> > 
> > Would this be a significant volume of work?
> 
> I don't *think* so, the GNU locale model already uses those APIs as they've
> been in glibc for ages, so a good starting point would be copying the GNU code
> and fixing it up a bit to replace anything GNU-specific with the POSIX.1-2008
> equivalent. Someone already started doing that for Darwin earlier this month.

Great, again thanks for the info. I'll make contact with the darwin folks.

Cheers,

Alasdair