Subject: Re: bug#23269: Multi-threaded operation, mbrtowc, and "untangle" script [was Re: bug#23269...]

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:43:29 -0700

On 04/21/2016 02:55 AM, [email-masked] wrote:
> I don't
> think the current POSIX model lends itself to multiple locales within
> the same process.

Although that was an issue years ago, is it still a problem with 
uselocale and the like?

> it
> would be a very suprising change in behavior if output from multiple
> files comes out interleaved, instead of in the order the files were
> specified on the command line.

I presume that computation is interleaved but the output order is the 
same as before, unless the user specifies an option saying speed trumps 
predictability.