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FREELOCALE(3P)             POSIX Programmer's Manual            FREELOCALE(3P)
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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.1-2008, <locale.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
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