--- old/src/locale.c	2010/03/19 11:59:43	1.12
+++ new/src/locale.c	2010/11/05 11:20:41	1.13
@@ -86,34 +86,24 @@
 MLocale *mlocale_monetary, *mlocale_numeric, ;
 #endif
 
-/** Parse locale name NAME and return a newly created MLocale object.
-    If the locale is not supported by the system, return NULL.  */
+/** Parse locale name NAME and return a newly created MLocale object.  */
 
 static MLocale *
 make_locale (const char *name)
 {
-  char *current, *new, *str;
+  char *str;
   int len;
   MLocale *locale;
   char c;
 
-  str = setlocale (LC_CTYPE, NULL);
-  len = strlen (str) + 1;
-  current = alloca (len);
-  memcpy (current, str, len); 
-
-  if (! (new = setlocale (LC_CTYPE, name)))
-    return NULL;
-
-
   M17N_OBJECT (locale, NULL, MERROR_LOCALE);
-  locale->name = msymbol (new);
+  locale->name = msymbol (name);
   msymbol_put (locale->name, M_locale, (void *) locale);
   M17N_OBJECT_UNREF (locale);
 
-  len = strlen (new) + 1;
+  len = strlen (name) + 1;
   str = alloca (len);
-  memcpy (str, new, len);
+  memcpy (str, name, len);
 
   c = '\0';
   while (1)
@@ -162,8 +152,6 @@
     }
   else
     locale->coding = Mcoding_us_ascii;
-
-  setlocale (LC_CTYPE, current);
   return locale;
 }