std::basic_filebuf::imbue(3)

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💅 std::basic_filebuf::imbue(3) 💅

okay bestie, quick vibe check: this page lives in the C++ Standard Libary manual (yes, that's the manual name — typo included, we don't make the rules 💀), and the main character is std::basic_filebuf::imbue. It's protected and virtual, so it's giving backstage-access-only energy, not public-facing main-character energy.

🌸 NAME 🌸

std::basic_filebuf::imbue — std::basic_filebuf::imbue

✨ Synopsis ✨

protected:
virtual void imbue( const std::locale& loc )

So here's the tea: this changes the associated locale so that all characters inserted or extracted after this call (and until another call to imbue()) are converted using the std::codecvt facet of loc.

And this next bit is important important, no cap: if the old locale's encoding is state-dependent and the file is not positioned at the beginning, then the new locale must have the same std::codecvt facet as the one previously imbued. Like, that's a real constraint, bestie — not a suggestion. 🙈

🦋 Parameters 🦋

  • loc — the locale to imbue the stream with

🎀 Return value 🎀

(none) — literally, it gives you nothing back. iconic minimalism, honestly.

🌈 Example 🌈

This section is incomplete Reason: no example

👑 See also 👑

  • imbue — changes the associated locale; [virtual] (virtual protected member function of std::basic_streambuf<CharT,Traits>)
  • imbue — sets the locale (public member function of std::basic_ios<CharT,Traits>)

🍓 Category 🍓

  • * Todo no example

okay that's the whole page, bestie — source/version: http://cppreference.com · date: 2024.06.10 · page: std::basic_filebuf::imbue(3). mwah 💋✨

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