Re: Order changes in PG16 since ICU introduction

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Order changes in PG16 since ICU introduction
Date: 2023-06-06 19:25:26
Message-ID: 221408.1686079526@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> On 6/6/23 15:18, Jeff Davis wrote:
>> The locale "C" is a special case, documented as a non-locale. So, if
>> LOCALE/--locale apply to ICU, then either ICU needs to handle locale
>> "C" in the expected way (v8 patch series); or when we see locale "C" we
>> need to somehow change the provider into something that can handle it
>> (v6 patch series changes it to the "none" provider).

> +1 to the latter approach

Also +1, except that I find "none" a rather confusing choice of name.
There *is* a provider, it's just PG itself not either libc or ICU.
I thought Joe's suggestion of "internal" made more sense.

regards, tom lane

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