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+Upstream-Status:Inappropriate [debian patch]
+
+From: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
+Subject: LC_NUMERIC documentation fixes
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/379329
+Bug: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=78452
+Origin: upstream, http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/903eb63f7d8d47a38971a8e9af7201b9927882cf
+
+LC_NUMERIC documentation updates fixing two errors:
+
+    - the early parts of perllocale.pod still say printf() uses LC_NUMERIC
+      with just 'use locale' when actually a POSIX::setlocale() call is
+      also needed
+    
+    - format() hasn't used LC_NUMERIC unconditionally since 5.005_03
+      (commit 097ee67dff1c60f201bc09435bc6eaeeafcd8123).
+
+Test cases from the upstream commit dropped for the sake of simplicity.
+
+---
+ pod/perlform.pod   |   20 ++++++++------------
+ pod/perllocale.pod |   15 ++++++---------
+ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pod/perlform.pod b/pod/perlform.pod
+index 3cfa1b7..df0f0a1 100644
+--- a/pod/perlform.pod
++++ b/pod/perlform.pod
+@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ token on the first line.  If an expression evaluates to a number with a
+ decimal part, and if the corresponding picture specifies that the decimal
+ part should appear in the output (that is, any picture except multiple "#"
+ characters B<without> an embedded "."), the character used for the decimal
+-point is B<always> determined by the current LC_NUMERIC locale.  This
+-means that, if, for example, the run-time environment happens to specify a
+-German locale, "," will be used instead of the default ".".  See
++point is determined by the current LC_NUMERIC locale if C<use locale> is in
++effect.  This means that, if, for example, the run-time environment happens
++to specify a German locale, "," will be used instead of the default ".".  See
+ L<perllocale> and L<"WARNINGS"> for more information.
+ 
+ 
+@@ -442,15 +442,11 @@ Lexical variables (declared with "my") are not visible within a
+ format unless the format is declared within the scope of the lexical
+ variable.  (They weren't visible at all before version 5.001.)
+ 
+-Formats are the only part of Perl that unconditionally use information
+-from a program's locale; if a program's environment specifies an
+-LC_NUMERIC locale, it is always used to specify the decimal point
+-character in formatted output.  Perl ignores all other aspects of locale
+-handling unless the C<use locale> pragma is in effect.  Formatted output
+-cannot be controlled by C<use locale> because the pragma is tied to the
+-block structure of the program, and, for historical reasons, formats
+-exist outside that block structure.  See L<perllocale> for further
+-discussion of locale handling.
++If a program's environment specifies an LC_NUMERIC locale and C<use
++locale> is in effect when the format is declared, the locale is used
++to specify the decimal point character in formatted output.  Formatted
++output cannot be controlled by C<use locale> at the time when write()
++is called. See L<perllocale> for further discussion of locale handling.
+ 
+ Within strings that are to be displayed in a fixed length text field,
+ each control character is substituted by a space. (But remember the
+diff --git a/pod/perllocale.pod b/pod/perllocale.pod
+index 0dbabe7..0bec423 100644
+--- a/pod/perllocale.pod
++++ b/pod/perllocale.pod
+@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ ucfirst(), and lcfirst()) use C<LC_CTYPE>
+ 
+ =item *
+ 
+-B<The formatting functions> (printf(), sprintf() and write()) use
+-C<LC_NUMERIC>
++B<Format declarations> (format()) use C<LC_NUMERIC>
+ 
+ =item *
+ 
+@@ -967,13 +966,11 @@ system's implementation of the locale system than by Perl.
+ 
+ =head2 write() and LC_NUMERIC
+ 
+-Formats are the only part of Perl that unconditionally use information
+-from a program's locale; if a program's environment specifies an
+-LC_NUMERIC locale, it is always used to specify the decimal point
+-character in formatted output.  Formatted output cannot be controlled by
+-C<use locale> because the pragma is tied to the block structure of the
+-program, and, for historical reasons, formats exist outside that block
+-structure.
++If a program's environment specifies an LC_NUMERIC locale and C<use
++locale> is in effect when the format is declared, the locale is used
++to specify the decimal point character in formatted output.  Formatted
++output cannot be controlled by C<use locale> at the time when write()
++is called.
+ 
+ =head2 Freely available locale definitions
+ 
+-- 
+tg: (a508b62..) fixes/lc-numeric-docs (depends on: upstream)