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diff --git a/contrib/perl5/pod/perllocale.pod b/contrib/perl5/pod/perllocale.pod index 08b50e0d128d..be3738573cb8 100644 --- a/contrib/perl5/pod/perllocale.pod +++ b/contrib/perl5/pod/perllocale.pod @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ discussed above. We decided to try that instead of the above faulty locale "En_US"--and in Cshish shells (B<csh>, B<tcsh>) setenv LC_ALL en_US.ISO8859-1 - + If you do not know what shell you have, consult your local helpdesk or the equivalent. @@ -332,9 +332,9 @@ Second, if using the listed commands you see something B<exactly> (prefix matches do not count and case usually counts) like "En_US" without the quotes, then you should be okay because you are using a locale name that should be installed and available in your system. -In this case, see L<Permanently fixing system locale configuration>. +In this case, see L<Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration>. -=head2 Permanently fixing your locale configuration +=head2 Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration This is when you see something like: @@ -608,8 +608,12 @@ obeys the current C<LC_TIME> locale. The remaining locale category, C<LC_MESSAGES> (possibly supplemented by others in particular implementations) is not currently used by -Perl--except possibly to affect the behavior of library functions called -by extensions outside the standard Perl distribution. +Perl--except possibly to affect the behavior of library functions +called by extensions outside the standard Perl distribution and by the +operating system and its utilities. Note especially that the string +value of C<$!> and the error messages given by external utilities may +be changed by C<LC_MESSAGES>. If you want to have portable error +codes, use C<%!>. See L<Errno>. =head1 SECURITY @@ -637,11 +641,12 @@ case-mapping table is in effect. =item * -If the decimal point character in the C<LC_NUMERIC> locale is -surreptitiously changed from a dot to a comma, C<sprintf("%g", -0.123456e3)> produces a string result of "123,456". Many people would -interpret this as one hundred and twenty-three thousand, four hundred -and fifty-six. +Some systems are broken in that they allow the "C" locale to be +overridden by users. If the decimal point character in the +C<LC_NUMERIC> category of the "C" locale is surreptitiously changed +from a dot to a comma, C<sprintf("%g", 0.123456e3)> produces a +string result of "123,456". Many people would interpret this as +one hundred and twenty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-six. =item * @@ -710,10 +715,6 @@ if modified as a result of a substitution based on a regular expression match involving C<\w>, C<\W>, C<\s>, or C<\S>; or of case-mapping with C<\l>, C<\L>,C<\u> or C<\U>. -=item B<In-memory formatting function> (sprintf()): - -Result is tainted if C<use locale> is in effect. - =item B<Output formatting functions> (printf() and write()): Success/failure result is never tainted. |