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Why would you want your tests to pass on a system where your code doesn't work?
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Re^2: Determining the length of a unicode string without LC_* set
by sauoq (Abbot) on May 08, 2012 at 04:21 UTC

    There's a line somewhere between a system and its configuration. He can either fix his code to do something reasonable when the envariables he needs aren't set right, or he can fix his tests and document that the envariables need to be set right.

    -sauoq
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