From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Order changes in PG16 since ICU introduction |
Date: | 2023-06-06 19:37:17 |
Message-ID: | CA+Tgmob-XgUgGrDx4sEMS3t0AQFgpm4KZgRuCd58bY+TsUO1tQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 3:25 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> > On 6/6/23 15:18, Jeff Davis wrote:
> >> The locale "C" is a special case, documented as a non-locale. So, if
> >> LOCALE/--locale apply to ICU, then either ICU needs to handle locale
> >> "C" in the expected way (v8 patch series); or when we see locale "C" we
> >> need to somehow change the provider into something that can handle it
> >> (v6 patch series changes it to the "none" provider).
>
> > +1 to the latter approach
>
> Also +1, except that I find "none" a rather confusing choice of name.
> There *is* a provider, it's just PG itself not either libc or ICU.
> I thought Joe's suggestion of "internal" made more sense.
Or perhaps "builtin" or "postgresql".
I'm just thinking that "internal" as a type name kind of means "you
shouldn't be touching this from SQL" and we don't want to give people
the idea that the "C" locale isn't something you should use.
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Robert Haas
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