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       may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the  interface
       may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       uselocale — use locale in current thread

SYNOPSIS

       #include <locale.h>

       locale_t uselocale(locale_t newloc);

DESCRIPTION

       The uselocale() function shall set or query the current locale for the calling thread.

       The value for the newloc argument shall be one of the following:

        1. A value returned by the newlocale() or duplocale() functions

        2. The special locale object descriptor LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE

        3. (locale_t)0

       If the newloc argument is (locale_t)0, the current locale shall not be changed; this value can be used to
       query the current locale setting. If the newloc argument is LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE, any thread-local locale for
       the  calling  thread  shall  be  uninstalled; the thread shall again use the global locale as the current
       locale, and changes to the global locale shall affect the thread. Otherwise, the  locale  represented  by
       newloc  shall  be  installed  as  a  thread-local locale to be used as the current locale for the calling
       thread.

       Once the uselocale() function has been called to install a thread-local locale,  the  behavior  of  every
       interface using data from the current locale shall be affected for the calling thread. The current locale
       for other threads shall remain unchanged.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon  successful  completion,  the uselocale() function shall return a handle for the thread-local locale
       that was  in  use  as  the  current  locale  for  the  calling  thread  on  entry  to  the  function,  or
       LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE  if  no  thread-local locale was in use. Otherwise, uselocale() shall return (locale_t)0
       and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The uselocale() function may fail if:

       EINVAL newloc is not a valid locale object and is not (locale_t)0.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Unlike the setlocale() function, the uselocale() function does not allow replacing some locale categories
       only. Applications that need to install a locale  which  differs  only  in  a  few  categories  must  use
       newlocale() to change a locale object equivalent to the currently used locale and install it.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       duplocale(), freelocale(), newlocale(), setlocale()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <locale.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
       for  Information  Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface  (POSIX),  The  Open  Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical  and  Electronics
       Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
       IEEE  and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document.
       The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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