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'string->uri' fails in sv_SE locale

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From: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 35785 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Einar Largenius <einar.largenius <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#35785: ‘string->uri’ is
 locale-dependent and breaks in ‘sv_SE’
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 09:56:39 -0400

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Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com> skribis:
>
> [...]
>
>> I needed to reload the modules like that to make the tests fail without
>> the patch and pass with it.  My understanding is that the bug happens
>> at regex compile time, which happens when the module is loaded.  If I
>> don’t reload the module, the old URI code passes the tests, since the
>> regexes were compiled with a locale that does not trigger the bug.  It’s
>> a little wacky, sure, but it was the best idea I could come up with.
>
> Oooh, I see.  Could you add a comment to explain this?  Then we’re done.

Here it is!  I hope it is clear.


-- Tim

[0001-Make-URI-handling-locale-independent.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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