In this case I don't think the locale functions were designed by committee, I th...

		mark-r on Oct 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Favourite Git Commit In this case I don't think the locale functions were designed by committee, I think they were accepted as-is from a popular implementation. And they were implemented that way because it was the simplest most straight-forward way (I'll admit I'm just guessing now). Were they part of K&R C?

No, of course not.