NAME

uselocale — use locale in current thread

SYNOPSIS

[CX]
#include <locale.h>

locale_t uselocale(locale_t newloc);

DESCRIPTION

The uselocale () function shall set or query the current locale for the calling thread.

The value for the newloc argument shall be one of the following:

1. A value returned by the newlocale(3) or duplocale(3) functions
2. The special locale object descriptor LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE
3. ( locale_t) 0

If the newloc argument is ( locale_t) 0, the current locale shall not be changed; this value can be used to query the current locale setting. If the newloc argument is LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE, any thread-local locale for the calling thread shall be uninstalled; the thread shall again use the global locale as the current locale, and changes to the global locale shall affect the thread. Otherwise, the locale represented by newloc shall be installed as a thread-local locale to be used as the current locale for the calling thread.

Once the uselocale () function has been called to install a thread-local locale, the behavior of every interface using data from the current locale shall be affected for the calling thread. The current locale for other threads shall remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, the uselocale () function shall return a handle for the thread-local locale that was in use as the current locale for the calling thread on entry to the function, or LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE if no thread-local locale was in use. Otherwise, uselocale () shall return ( locale_t) 0 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The uselocale () function may fail if:

[EINVAL]

newloc is not a valid locale object and is not ( locale_t )0.

The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

Unlike the setlocale(3) function, the uselocale () function does not allow replacing some locale categories only. Applications that need to install a locale which differs only in a few categories must use newlocale(3) to change a locale object equivalent to the currently used locale and install it.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

duplocale(3), freelocale(3) , getlocalename_l(3), newlocale(3), setlocale(3)

XBD <locale.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 7.

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0700 [290] and XSH/TC1-2008/0701 [334] are applied.

POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 2, XSH/TC2-2008/0382 [582] is applied.

Issue 8

Austin Group Defect 1220 is applied, adding getlocalename_l(3) to the SEE ALSO section.

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