Update comments about how locale settings are handled.

diff --git a/src/backend/main/main.c b/src/backend/main/main.c
index 74bd0cf8e275eb63562a216a7eb55f6844dba83b..82dfe152704f0e7f25943f81120de53925ab0408 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/main/main.c
+++ b/src/backend/main/main.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *       $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.61 2003/08/04 02:39:59 momjian Exp $
+ *       $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/main/main.c,v 1.62 2003/09/09 15:19:31 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -123,13 +123,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
        new_argv[argc] = NULL;
 
        /*
-        * Set up locale information from environment.  Note that CTYPE and
-        * COLLATE will be overridden later from pg_control if we are in an
+        * Set up locale information from environment.  Note that LC_CTYPE and
+        * LC_COLLATE will be overridden later from pg_control if we are in an
         * already-initialized database.  We set them here so that they will
-        * be available to fill pg_control during initdb.  The other ones will
-        * get reset later in InitializeGUCOptions, but we set them here to
-        * get already localized behavior during startup (e.g., error
-        * messages).
+        * be available to fill pg_control during initdb.  LC_MESSAGES will get
+        * set later during GUC option processing, but we set it here to allow
+        * startup error messages to be localized.
         */
        setlocale(LC_COLLATE, "");
        setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
@@ -138,8 +137,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
        /*
-        * We don't use these during startup.  See also pg_locale.c about why
-        * these are set to "C".
+        * We keep these set to "C" always, except transiently in pg_locale.c;
+        * see that file for explanations.
         */
        setlocale(LC_MONETARY, "C");
        setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "C");