[Python-Dev] Reject characters bigger than U+10FFFF and Solaris issues

Thu Dec 8 14:42:11 CET 2011

Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> wrote:
> The problem is not directly in the C localeconv() function, but in 
> mbstowcs() with the hu_HU locale.

Ah, I see.
> You can try my test program for this issue:
> http://bugs.python.org/file23876/localeconv_wchar.c

Can't test on OpenSolaris, since Oracle removed the package repo and
I need the ISO locales.
> Stefan: would you accept that locale.localeconv() and locale.strxfrm()
> stop working (instead of returning invalid data) on Solaris in certains
> cases (it looks like the issue depends on the locale and the OS 
> version)? It can be a motivation to fix the root of the issue ;-)

Yes, if the cause is a broken mbstowcs() that sounds good.
Stefan Krah