> From: Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> > Cc: bug-gnulib@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:27:44 +0100 > > > It defines symbols based on LC_MESSAGES and exposes them > > to Scheme. > > What was the problem with that? Since guile is based on the > platform's runtime + gnulib, not the platform's runtime alone, > what issue actually arose?
I think I recalled what was the problem: Guile used gettext, but didn't import setlocale from Gnulib (and it's possible that the then version of Gnulib's setlocale didn't really handle LC_MESSAGES). But even the current version of Gnulib's setlocale does nothing with LC_MESSAGES on MS-Windows, so pepole who expect that to work as on Posix platforms are in for a surprise.
