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       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

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 a 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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