30
Localization library
[localization]
30.3
Locales
[locales]
30.3.1
Class
locale
[locale]
30.3.1.6
Static members
[locale.statics]
🔗
static
locale global
(
const
locale
&
loc
)
;
1
#
Effects
: Sets the global locale to its argument
.
Causes future calls to the constructor
locale
(
)
to return a copy of the argument
.
If the argument has a name, does
setlocale
(
LC_ALL, loc
.
name
(
)
.
c_str
(
)
)
;
otherwise, the effect on the C locale, if any, is
implementation-defined
.
2
#
Returns
: The previous value of
locale
(
)
.
3
#
Remarks
: No library function other than
locale
::
global
(
)
affects the value returned by
locale
(
)
.
[
Note
1
:
See
[c.
locales]
for data race considerations when
setlocale
is invoked
.
—
end note
]
🔗
static
const
locale
&
classic
(
)
;
4
#
The
"C"
locale
.
5
#
Returns
: A locale that implements the classic
"C"
locale semantics, equivalent to the value
locale
(
"C"
)
.
6
#
Remarks
: This locale, its facets, and their member functions, do not change with time
.