22 Localization library [localization]

22.3 Locales [locales]

22.3.1 Class locale [locale]

22.3.1.3 locale members [locale.members]

template <class Facet> locale combine(const locale& other) const;

Effects: Constructs a locale incorporating all facets from *this except for that one facet of other that is identified by Facet.

Returns: The newly created locale.

Throws: runtime_error if has_facet<Facet>(other) is false.

Remarks: The resulting locale has no name.

basic_string<char> name() const;

Returns: The name of *this, if it has one; otherwise, the string "*". If *this has a name, then locale(name().c_str()) is equivalent to *this. Details of the contents of the resulting string are otherwise implementation-defined.