Hash :
064d8f91
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Date :
2019-12-20T07:42:28
doc: Document the problem of the per-thread locale functions on z/OS. * doc/posix-functions/uselocale.texi: Document the z/OS problem. * doc/posix-functions/newlocale.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/duplocale.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/freelocale.texi: Likewise.
@node newlocale
@section @code{newlocale}
@findex newlocale
POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/newlocale.html}
Gnulib module: ---
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize
Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on many platforms:
FreeBSD 9.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 6.1, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 6.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11.3, Cygwin 2.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, Android 4.4.
@item
This function is useless because the @code{locale_t} type is not defined
on some platforms:
z/OS.
@item
This function is useless because the @code{locale_t} type contains basically
no information on some platforms:
OpenBSD 6.3.
@end itemize