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34 .Nd Creates a new locale
40 .Fn newlocale "int mask" "const char * locale" "locale_t base"
42 Creates a new locale, inheriting some properties from an existing locale.
45 defines the components that the new locale will have set to the locale with the
49 Any components not specified in
51 will be inherited from the locale referenced by
57 If the call is successful, the state of the locale referenced by
59 is unspecified, and it must not be accessed.
62 may not be specified for
68 indicating all possible locale components,
69 or the logical OR of some combination of the following:
70 .Bl -tag -width "LC_MESSAGES_MASK" -offset indent
72 The locale for string collation routines.
73 This controls alphabetic ordering in
83 This controls recognition of upper and lower case, alphabetic or
84 non-alphabetic characters, and so on.
86 Set a locale for message catalogs, see
90 Set a locale for formatting monetary values; this affects
95 Set a locale for formatting numbers.
96 This controls the formatting of decimal points in input and output of floating
97 point numbers in functions such as
101 as well as values returned by
104 Set a locale for formatting dates and times using the
108 This function uses the same rules for loading locale components as
111 Returns a new, valid,
113 or NULL if an error occurs.
114 You must free the returned locale with
124 This function conforms to