The LC_* stuff includes things like COLLATE, CTYPE, NUMERIC, etc.
I just take what's in CTYPE, as it seemed to be most relevant to what
language should be used. The LANG env variable is the default for all the
specific LC_* ones.
This means it might make sense to use NUMERIC when deciding what
language/formatting to use for other areas (although no good examples come
to mind).
Furthermore, I leave the locale setting as it was when that function is
called. It might be useful to set the locale to the user's prefs.
> that's fine. we can get it later.
> BTW, do the POSIX values give any indication
> of which unit of measure is preferred ??
No, but I didn't dig much.
Justin