Partially based on a patch by Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>.
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20 * ISO C99 Standard: 7.11 Localization <locale.h>
23 #ifndef _LOCALE_H
24 #define _LOCALE_H 1
26 #include <features.h>
28 #define __need_NULL
29 #include <stddef.h>
30 #include <bits/locale.h>
32 __BEGIN_DECLS
34 /* These are the possibilities for the first argument to setlocale.
35 The code assumes that the lowest LC_* symbol has the value zero. */
36 #define LC_CTYPE __LC_CTYPE
37 #define LC_NUMERIC __LC_NUMERIC
38 #define LC_TIME __LC_TIME
39 #define LC_COLLATE __LC_COLLATE
40 #define LC_MONETARY __LC_MONETARY
41 #define LC_MESSAGES __LC_MESSAGES
42 #define LC_ALL __LC_ALL
43 #define LC_PAPER __LC_PAPER
44 #define LC_NAME __LC_NAME
45 #define LC_ADDRESS __LC_ADDRESS
46 #define LC_TELEPHONE __LC_TELEPHONE
47 #define LC_MEASUREMENT __LC_MEASUREMENT
48 #define LC_IDENTIFICATION __LC_IDENTIFICATION
51 __BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
53 /* Structure giving information about numeric and monetary notation. */
54 struct lconv
56 /* Numeric (non-monetary) information. */
58 char *decimal_point; /* Decimal point character. */
59 char *thousands_sep; /* Thousands separator. */
60 /* Each element is the number of digits in each group;
61 elements with higher indices are farther left.
62 An element with value CHAR_MAX means that no further grouping is done.
63 An element with value 0 means that the previous element is used
64 for all groups farther left. */
65 char *grouping;
67 /* Monetary information. */
69 /* First three chars are a currency symbol from ISO 4217.
70 Fourth char is the separator. Fifth char is '\0'. */
71 char *int_curr_symbol;
72 char *currency_symbol; /* Local currency symbol. */
73 char *mon_decimal_point; /* Decimal point character. */
74 char *mon_thousands_sep; /* Thousands separator. */
75 char *mon_grouping; /* Like `grouping' element (above). */
76 char *positive_sign; /* Sign for positive values. */
77 char *negative_sign; /* Sign for negative values. */
78 char int_frac_digits; /* Int'l fractional digits. */
79 char frac_digits; /* Local fractional digits. */
80 /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a positive value, 0 if succeeds. */
81 char p_cs_precedes;
82 /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value. */
83 char p_sep_by_space;
84 /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a negative value, 0 if succeeds. */
85 char n_cs_precedes;
86 /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value. */
87 char n_sep_by_space;
88 /* Positive and negative sign positions:
89 0 Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol.
90 1 The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol.
91 2 The sign string follows the quantity and currency_symbol.
92 3 The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol.
93 4 The sign string immediately follows the currency_symbol. */
94 char p_sign_posn;
95 char n_sign_posn;
96 #ifdef __USE_ISOC99
97 /* 1 if int_curr_symbol precedes a positive value, 0 if succeeds. */
98 char int_p_cs_precedes;
99 /* 1 iff a space separates int_curr_symbol from a positive value. */
100 char int_p_sep_by_space;
101 /* 1 if int_curr_symbol precedes a negative value, 0 if succeeds. */
102 char int_n_cs_precedes;
103 /* 1 iff a space separates int_curr_symbol from a negative value. */
104 char int_n_sep_by_space;
105 /* Positive and negative sign positions:
106 0 Parentheses surround the quantity and int_curr_symbol.
107 1 The sign string precedes the quantity and int_curr_symbol.
108 2 The sign string follows the quantity and int_curr_symbol.
109 3 The sign string immediately precedes the int_curr_symbol.
110 4 The sign string immediately follows the int_curr_symbol. */
111 char int_p_sign_posn;
112 char int_n_sign_posn;
113 #else
114 char __int_p_cs_precedes;
115 char __int_p_sep_by_space;
116 char __int_n_cs_precedes;
117 char __int_n_sep_by_space;
118 char __int_p_sign_posn;
119 char __int_n_sign_posn;
120 #endif
124 /* Set and/or return the current locale. */
125 extern char *setlocale (int __category, __const char *__locale) __THROW;
127 /* Return the numeric/monetary information for the current locale. */
128 extern struct lconv *localeconv (void) __THROW;
130 __END_NAMESPACE_STD
133 #ifdef __USE_GNU
134 /* The concept of one static locale per category is not very well
135 thought out. Many applications will need to process its data using
136 information from several different locales. Another application is
137 the implementation of the internationalization handling in the
138 upcoming ISO C++ standard library. To support this another set of
139 the functions using locale data exist which have an additional
140 argument.
142 Attention: all these functions are *not* standardized in any form.
143 This is a proof-of-concept implementation. */
145 /* Get locale datatype definition. */
146 # include <xlocale.h>
148 typedef __locale_t locale_t;
150 /* Return a reference to a data structure representing a set of locale
151 datasets. Unlike for the CATEGORY parameter for `setlocale' the
152 CATEGORY_MASK parameter here uses a single bit for each category,
153 made by OR'ing together LC_*_MASK bits above. */
154 extern __locale_t newlocale (int __category_mask, __const char *__locale,
155 __locale_t __base) __THROW;
157 /* These are the bits that can be set in the CATEGORY_MASK argument to
158 `newlocale'. In the GNU implementation, LC_FOO_MASK has the value
159 of (1 << LC_FOO), but this is not a part of the interface that
160 callers can assume will be true. */
161 # define LC_CTYPE_MASK (1 << __LC_CTYPE)
162 # define LC_NUMERIC_MASK (1 << __LC_NUMERIC)
163 # define LC_TIME_MASK (1 << __LC_TIME)
164 # define LC_COLLATE_MASK (1 << __LC_COLLATE)
165 # define LC_MONETARY_MASK (1 << __LC_MONETARY)
166 # define LC_MESSAGES_MASK (1 << __LC_MESSAGES)
167 # define LC_PAPER_MASK (1 << __LC_PAPER)
168 # define LC_NAME_MASK (1 << __LC_NAME)
169 # define LC_ADDRESS_MASK (1 << __LC_ADDRESS)
170 # define LC_TELEPHONE_MASK (1 << __LC_TELEPHONE)
171 # define LC_MEASUREMENT_MASK (1 << __LC_MEASUREMENT)
172 # define LC_IDENTIFICATION_MASK (1 << __LC_IDENTIFICATION)
173 # define LC_ALL_MASK (LC_CTYPE_MASK \
174 | LC_NUMERIC_MASK \
175 | LC_TIME_MASK \
176 | LC_COLLATE_MASK \
177 | LC_MONETARY_MASK \
178 | LC_MESSAGES_MASK \
179 | LC_PAPER_MASK \
180 | LC_NAME_MASK \
181 | LC_ADDRESS_MASK \
182 | LC_TELEPHONE_MASK \
183 | LC_MEASUREMENT_MASK \
184 | LC_IDENTIFICATION_MASK \
187 /* Return a duplicate of the set of locale in DATASET. All usage
188 counters are increased if necessary. */
189 extern __locale_t duplocale (__locale_t __dataset) __THROW;
191 /* Free the data associated with a locale dataset previously returned
192 by a call to `setlocale_r'. */
193 extern void freelocale (__locale_t __dataset) __THROW;
195 /* Switch the current thread's locale to DATASET.
196 If DATASET is null, instead just return the current setting.
197 The special value LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE is the initial setting
198 for all threads and can also be installed any time, meaning
199 the thread uses the global settings controlled by `setlocale'. */
200 extern __locale_t uselocale (__locale_t __dataset) __THROW;
202 /* This value can be passed to `uselocale' and may be returned by it.
203 Passing this value to any other function has undefined behavior. */
204 # define LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE ((__locale_t) -1L)
206 #endif
208 __END_DECLS
210 #endif /* locale.h */