Re: ICU locales and text/char(n) SortSupport on Windows

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ICU locales and text/char(n) SortSupport on Windows
Date: 2017-09-22 14:25:59
Message-ID: 4935ec57-3e69-1a85-df4a-e47fc848b873@2ndquadrant.com
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On 9/21/17 15:21, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>> Attached patch shows what I'm getting at. This is untested, since I
>>> don't use Windows. Proceed with caution.
>>
>> Your analysis makes sense, but the patch doesn't work, because "locale"
>> is never set before reading it.
>
> It was just for illustrative purposes. Seems fine to actually move the
> WIN32 block down to just before the existing TRUST_STRXFRM test, since
> the locale is going to be cached and then immediately reused where we
> return immediately (Windows libc) anyway. This would also be a win for
> clarity, IMV.

I agree. The attached patch should do it.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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