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2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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20 * ISO C Standard: 4.4 LOCALIZATION <locale.h>
23 #ifndef _LOCALE_H
24 #define _LOCALE_H 1
26 #include <features.h>
28 #define __need_NULL
29 #include <stddef.h>
31 __BEGIN_DECLS
33 /* These are the possibilities for the first argument to setlocale.
34 The code assumes that LC_ALL is the highest value, and zero the lowest. */
35 #define LC_CTYPE 0
36 #define LC_NUMERIC 1
37 #define LC_TIME 2
38 #define LC_COLLATE 3
39 #define LC_MONETARY 4
40 #define LC_MESSAGES 5
41 #define LC_ALL 6
42 #define LC_PAPER 7
43 #define LC_NAME 8
44 #define LC_ADDRESS 9
45 #define LC_TELEPHONE 10
46 #define LC_MEASUREMENT 11
47 #define LC_IDENTIFICATION 12
50 /* Structure giving information about numeric and monetary notation. */
51 struct lconv
53 /* Numeric (non-monetary) information. */
55 char *decimal_point; /* Decimal point character. */
56 char *thousands_sep; /* Thousands separator. */
57 /* Each element is the number of digits in each group;
58 elements with higher indices are farther left.
59 An element with value CHAR_MAX means that no further grouping is done.
60 An element with value 0 means that the previous element is used
61 for all groups farther left. */
62 char *grouping;
64 /* Monetary information. */
66 /* First three chars are a currency symbol from ISO 4217.
67 Fourth char is the separator. Fifth char is '\0'. */
68 char *int_curr_symbol;
69 char *currency_symbol; /* Local currency symbol. */
70 char *mon_decimal_point; /* Decimal point character. */
71 char *mon_thousands_sep; /* Thousands separator. */
72 char *mon_grouping; /* Like `grouping' element (above). */
73 char *positive_sign; /* Sign for positive values. */
74 char *negative_sign; /* Sign for negative values. */
75 char int_frac_digits; /* Int'l fractional digits. */
76 char frac_digits; /* Local fractional digits. */
77 /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a positive value, 0 if succeeds. */
78 char p_cs_precedes;
79 /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a positive value. */
80 char p_sep_by_space;
81 /* 1 if currency_symbol precedes a negative value, 0 if succeeds. */
82 char n_cs_precedes;
83 /* 1 iff a space separates currency_symbol from a negative value. */
84 char n_sep_by_space;
85 /* Positive and negative sign positions:
86 0 Parentheses surround the quantity and currency_symbol.
87 1 The sign string precedes the quantity and currency_symbol.
88 2 The sign string follows the quantity and currency_symbol.
89 3 The sign string immediately precedes the currency_symbol.
90 4 The sign string immediately follows the currency_symbol. */
91 char p_sign_posn;
92 char n_sign_posn;
96 /* Set and/or return the current locale. */
97 extern char *setlocale (int __category, __const char *__locale) __THROW;
99 /* Return the numeric/monetary information for the current locale. */
100 extern struct lconv *localeconv (void) __THROW;
102 #ifdef __USE_GNU
103 /* The concept of one static locale per category is not very well
104 thought out. Many applications will need to process its data using
105 information from several different locales. Another application is
106 the implementation of the internationalization handling in the
107 upcoming ISO C++ standard library. To support this another set of
108 the functions using locale data exist which have an additional
109 argument.
111 Attention: all these functions are *not* standardized in any form.
112 This is a proof-of-concept implementation. */
114 /* Get locale datatype definition. */
115 # include <xlocale.h>
117 /* Return a reference to a data structure representing a set of locale
118 datasets. Unlike for the CATEGORY parameter for `setlocale' the
119 CATEGORY_MASK parameter here uses a single bit for each category.
120 I.e., 1 << LC_CTYPE means to load data for this category. If
121 BASE is non-null the appropriate category information in the BASE
122 record is replaced. */
123 extern __locale_t __newlocale (int __category_mask, __const char *__locale,
124 __locale_t __base) __THROW;
126 /* Return a duplicate of the set of locale in DATASET. All usage
127 counters are increased if necessary. */
128 extern __locale_t __duplocale (__locale_t __dataset) __THROW;
130 /* Free the data associated with a locale dataset previously returned
131 by a call to `setlocale_r'. */
132 extern void __freelocale (__locale_t __dataset) __THROW;
133 #endif
135 __END_DECLS
137 #endif /* locale.h */