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

[Holger Arnold]

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?

        Holger