Yep, works w/ libc routines:
Code:
[root@dahlia root]# BLAH="héhé" && echo ${#BLAH} && echo ${BLAH:2} && echo ${BLAH:3}
4
�hé
hé
[root@dahlia root]# ./busybox_locales ash
[admin@dahlia root]# BLAH="héhé" && echo ${#BLAH} && echo ${BLAH:2} && echo ${BLAH:3}
6
�hé
hé
Except said libc routines are broken by the
lack of compiled locales by default

.