purpose of LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

[xeroc]

It is required for building because the compiler (and other tools) must know how the source files are encoded.
I'd assume that most systems today have UTF-8 encoding configured per default, but it's better to be explicit there.

Aha .. learn sth new every day .. thanks

[pc]

It is required for building because the compiler (and other tools) must know how the source files are encoded.
I'd assume that most systems today have UTF-8 encoding configured per default, but it's better to be explicit there.

[xeroc]

I think this is optional and only required for 'strange' systems ..

[maqifrnswa]

I just wanted to check the purpose of:
https://github.com/BitShares/bitshares/commit/b0efbee1b6d96f07b04788d9df85b7bd9161239d

Is it required for make, but not for regular use? Why is it required for make? thanks