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33 .Nd Creates a new locale
39 .Fn newlocale "int mask" "const char * locale" "locale_t base"
41 Creates a new locale, inheriting some properties from an existing locale.
44 defines the components that the new locale will have set to the locale with the
48 Any components not specified in
50 will be inherited from the locale referenced by
56 If the call is successful, the state of the locale referenced by
58 is unspecified, and it must not be accessed.
61 may not be specified for
67 indicating all possible locale components,
68 or the logical OR of some combination of the following:
69 .Bl -tag -width "LC_MESSAGES_MASK" -offset indent
71 The locale for string collation routines.
72 This controls alphabetic ordering in
82 This controls recognition of upper and lower case, alphabetic or
83 non-alphabetic characters, and so on.
85 Set a locale for message catalogs, see
89 Set a locale for formatting monetary values; this affects
94 Set a locale for formatting numbers.
95 This controls the formatting of decimal points in input and output of floating
96 point numbers in functions such as
100 as well as values returned by
103 Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the
107 This function uses the same rules for loading locale components as
110 Returns a new, valid,
112 or NULL if an error occurs.
113 You must free the returned locale with
123 This function conforms to