Re: [Flex-help] Character classes e.g., [:alpha:]

[Will E. <wes...@gm...>]

Yes that'd be at runtime and yes the manual should be corrected to account for locales.

On Saturday, 12 July 2014, 11:49 am +0200, "John P. Hartmann" <jph...@gm...> wrote:

> The manual states:
> 
> "These expressions all designate a set of characters equivalent to the
> corresponding standard C isXXX function."
> 
> and
> 
> "For example, the following character classes are all equivalent:
> 
>          [[:alnum:]]
>          [[:alpha:][:digit:]]
>          [[:alpha:][0-9]]
>          [a-zA-Z0-9]
> "
> 
> This is clearly true in the C locale, but does this also hold for other
> locales, e.g., French?  If not, is it the locale at compile time or the
> one at run time that applies?
> 
> I ask because isXXX does depend on the locale, so either way it looks
> like the manual needs correction, perhaps by adding "in the C locale" to
> the first sentence.
> 
> Or am I totally off my rocker?
> 
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