I think we're in agreement. There are lots of aspects to a locale, and character sets are only a small part of that. Possibly the most visible part though. U

I think we're in agreement. There are lots of aspects to a locale, and character sets are only a small part of that. Possibly the most visible part though. Unicode doesn't make character sets pointless, it only makes them deprecated. It's still useful to have a way to convert from one set to another, and it's a shame the standard library doesn't have an easy way to do that. The deficiencies of locales are visible only in hindsight.