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Locale can cause incorrect number parsing in binary files

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Message #27 received at 38503-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, jan h <jharald.j <at> gmail.com>,
 38503-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38503: Locale can cause incorrect number parsing in binary
 files
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 12:56:03 -0800

On 12/5/19 12:40 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> I'm not sure of the current state of whether grep tries to use RRI on 
> all systems or only on systems where it relies on gnulib's regcomp 
> instead of libc.

As I recall, grep doesn't make any special effort to use RRI. That is, 
if the underlying library uses RRI, then grep does so as well; otherwise 
it doesn't.

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