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diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/22_locale/locale.html b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/22_locale/locale.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..dc3510be351 --- /dev/null +++ b/libstdc++-v3/docs/html/22_locale/locale.html @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <H1> + Notes on the locale implementation. + </H1> +</HEAD> +<I> +prepared by Benjamin Kosnik (bkoz@redhat.com) on September 15, 2000 +</I> + +<P> +<H2> +1. Abstract +</H2> +<P> +</P> + +<P> +<H2> +2. What the standard says +</H2> + + +<P> +<H2> +3. Problems with "C" locales : global locales, termination. +</H2> + +<P> +For the required specialization codecvt<wchar_t, char, mbstate_t> , +conversions are made between the internal character set (always UCS4 +on GNU/Linux) and whatever the currently selected locale for the +LC_CTYPE category implements. + +<P> +<H2> +4. Design +</H2> +The two required specializations are implemented as follows: + + +<P> +<H2> +5. Examples +</H2> + +<pre> + typedef ctype<char> cctype; +</pre> + +More information can be found in the following testcases: +<UL> +<LI> testsuite/22_locale/ctype_char_members.cc +<LI> testsuite/22_locale/ctype_wchar_t_members.cc +</UL> + +<P> +<H2> +6. Unresolved Issues +</H2> + +<UL> + <LI> locale -a displays available locales on linux + + <LI> locale initialization: at what point does _S_classic, + _S_global get initialized? Can named locales assume this + initialization has already taken place? +</UL> + + +<P> +<H2> +7. Acknowledgments +</H2> + +<P> +<H2> +8. Bibliography / Referenced Documents +</H2> + +Drepper, Ulrich, GNU libc (glibc) 2.2 manual. In particular, Chapters "6. Character Set Handling" and "7 Locales and Internationalization" + +<P> +Drepper, Ulrich, Numerous, late-night email correspondence + +<P> +ISO/IEC 14882:1998 Programming languages - C++ + +<P> +ISO/IEC 9899:1999 Programming languages - C + +<P> +Langer, Angelika and Klaus Kreft, Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales, Advanced Programmer's Guide and Reference, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000 + +<P> +Stroustrup, Bjarne, Appendix D, The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition, Addison Wesley, Inc. 2000 + +<P> +System Interface Definitions, Issue 6 (IEEE Std. 1003.1-200x) +The Open Group/The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +http://www.opennc.org/austin/docreg.html + + |