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Date:      Thu, 18 Oct 2018 06:16:25 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: embed endian info in locale data files magic (PR231965)
Message-ID:  <92614.1539843385@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpuUhJTxeUrEn1jrphSVaPqWw86Xm-e-rdX_mwC_kJO9w@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <f081ab81-56d0-49cc-92b0-fadc09618d31@yuripv.net> <abaa1192-defc-973e-8d0f-b8e5a2437c0d@yuripv.net> <CANCZdfpuUhJTxeUrEn1jrphSVaPqWw86Xm-e-rdX_mwC_kJO9w@mail.gmail.com>

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In message <CANCZdfpuUhJTxeUrEn1jrphSVaPqWw86Xm-e-rdX_mwC_kJO9w@mail.gmail=
.com>
, Warner Losh writes:

>> 3. Always store the data in LE (or BE, doesn't matter), and
>> appropriately convert while reading.  This will likely require least
>> change.
>
>I like this.

The locale stuff can have a surprisingly large performance impact, so
it might be a good idea to run some benchmarks first.

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