Re: [hackers] [sbase][PATCH] grep: remove = flag from readme

From: Evan Gates <evan.gates_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:26:34 -0800

On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:01:16 +0200
> Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:
>
> Hey Mattias,
>
>> $ echo äö | ./grep [å]
>> äö
>>
>> This is not want one expects from
>> a program that supports UTF-8.
>
> as a general note, we may think about adding a setlocale() when we
> access the regex-engine. What do you guys think?
>
> Cheers
>
> Laslo
>
> --
> Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>
>

Given the two options of using setlocale() or writing our own regex
engine, I think using setlocale() is the less sucky solution. If we
want to revisit it in the future we can but it'll give us working
tools now.
Received on Tue Dec 27 2016 - 18:26:34 CET