FREELOCALE(3)              POSIX Programmer's Manual             FREELOCALE(3)



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NAME
       freelocale -- free resources allocated for a locale object

SYNOPSIS
       #include <locale.h>

       void freelocale(locale_t locobj);

DESCRIPTION
       The freelocale() function shall cause the resources allocated for a
       locale object returned by a call to the newlocale() or duplocale()
       functions to be released.

       The behavior is undefined if the locobj argument is the special locale
       object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle.

       Any use of a locale object that has been freed results in undefined
       behavior.

RETURN VALUE
       None.

ERRORS
       None.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
   Freeing Up aa Locale Object
       The following example shows a code fragment to free a locale object
       created by newlocale():


           #include <locale.h>
           ...

           /* Every locale object allocated with newlocale() should be
            * freed using freelocale():
            */

           locale_t loc;

           /* Get the locale. */

           loc = newlocale (LC_CTYPE_MASK | LC_TIME_MASK, "locname", NULL);

           /* ... Use the locale object ... */
           ...

           /* Free the locale object resources. */
           freelocale (loc);

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       duplocale(), newlocale(), uselocale()

       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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