Re: Will Lua kernel use Unicode in the future?

[Chris Marrin <chris@...>]

Mike Pall wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Chris Marrin wrote:
>
> > I see that you can say "en-us.utf-8", but does it 
> > REQUIRE a language code? And is this cross-platform?
>
>
> Yes, you need a language code. But it's ignored except for things
> like the monetary symbol or collation order. IMHO it's best to
> only set "ctype" (LC_CTYPE environment variable) to avoid some
> other NLS pitfalls (e.g. the dot vs. comma problem with numbers).
>
> The Unicode FAQ for Unix/Linux explains this and many more things
> that have been discussed in this thread:
>
>   http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html

Yes, my recollection is that this is a total morass. So it would be nice 
if Lua could "simplify" it by doing the right thing in its code. Perhaps 
os.setlocale("UTF8") could do some special processing to setup all the 
right values to get the same expected (or at least well-defined) results 
on all platforms.

Or maybe a new os.setencoding("UTF8") call could be created?

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