Re: 64 bit numbers vs format strings

Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Hmm, I find that comment fairly scary. How do we know that the
>> runtime library actually gets this right on every supported platform?

> I don't know too much about libintl and its history other than what
> I've looked up for these discussions, but I can't find any other
> implementations other than Sun's, GNU's and NetBSD's. Sun/Oracle and
> NetBSD went out of their way to understand these and other GNUisms.

Okay, that reduces the size of the problem considerably.

> 2. NetBSD -- I haven't try it myself (I can send my test program if
> you are interested)

I'd be happy to try it, but I see downthread that you already did,
so that seems unnecessary.

I still wonder if we shouldn't have more than zero testing of our
NLS behavior, but that's just a generalized worry not a concern
over any specific feature.

regards, tom lane