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28 Localization library [localization]

static locale global(const locale& loc);

Effects: Sets the global locale to its argument.

Causes future calls to the constructorlocale()to return a copy of the argument.

If the argument has a name, doessetlocale(LC_ALL, loc.name().c_str());otherwise, the effect on the C locale, if any, is implementation-defined.

Returns: The previous value oflocale().

Remarks: No library function other thanlocale::global()affects the value returned bylocale().

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See [c.locales] for data race considerations whensetlocale is invoked.

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static const locale& classic();

Returns: A locale that implements the classic "C" locale semantics, equivalent to the value locale("C").

Remarks: This locale, its facets, and their member functions, do not change with time.