bug#12392: emacs-gtk misinterprets floating-point numbers under certain locales on openSUSE 12.2

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Holger Arnold <holgerar@gmail.com>
> Cc: 12392@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:38:30 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > > Most programs manipulate only two kinds of text: user interface
> > > text, which should be processed in the locale specified by the
> > > environment
> > 
> > Are you saying that when I type in Emacs
> > 
> >   M-: (* 2.0 2.0) RET
> > 
> > I'm supposed to use a comma instead of a period in a locale whose
> > LC_NUMERIC specifies a comma as the decimal separator?
> 
> No, I did not say that.  The text you cite continues:
> 
> > [...] and formal language text, such as configuration files or 
> >                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > program code, which should be processed independently from the locale.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> You are entering Lisp code here.  Would you agree that this qualifies as 
> program code?

Then what is "user interface text" you were talking about above?  Does
user input qualify?