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From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
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To: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
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* Gerd Hoffmann (kraxel@redhat.com) wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
> > That, and so the UI can use localization without corrupting other
> > threads that MUST use the C locale (QMP parsing/output of floating point
> > is particularly important to get right with '.' instead of ',' for a
> > decimal separator).
> 
> A quick look at the setlocale manpage doesn't make clear whenever
> threads can have different locales or not.
> 
> Related:  Possibly we should move UIs to another *process* instead?
> At least the ones which use a UI toolkit (i.e. sdl, gtk, cocoa).

That does feel safer, if you can find an efficient way to do the graphics.
A lot less code running with the privs of the qemu process.

Dave

> 
> cheers,
>   Gerd
> 
> 
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Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK