FREELOCALE(3P)

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okay bestie, real talk first: this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. the Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

freelocale — free resources allocated for a locale object 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <locale.h>

void freelocale(locale_t locobj);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so freelocale() shall cause the resources allocated for a locale object returned by a call to the newlocale() or duplocale() functions to be released. it's giving cleanup era. 🧹✨

⚠️ the behavior is undefined if the locobj argument is the special locale object LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE or is not a valid locale object handle. do not do this. i am begging.

💀 also: any use of a locale object that has been freed results in undefined behavior. once it's freed, it's freed. periodt. don't touch it, don't look at it, don't text it back.

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

None. literally nothing. it returns void and it's at peace with that. 👑

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🔥 ERRORS 🔥

None. zero. no errors, no drama. 🎀

the following sections are informative. (iykyk — that means they're the bonus content, not the rules.)

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🌈 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);

see how it's newlocale on the way in and freelocale on the way out? balance. harmony. main character energy. 💖

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💜 APPLICATION USAGE 💜

None. nothing to add, bestie, the function speaks for itself.

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🌟 RATIONALE 🌟

None. the reasoning is simply: slay.

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🎀 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🎀

None. this one's staying exactly as it is. iconic behavior fr fr.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• duplocale()
• newlocale()
• uselocale()

and from the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017: <locale.h> 💫

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💀 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 .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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okay that's the whole page, bestie!! this edition came to you from IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, and it's the FREELOCALE(3P) one — POSIX Programmer's Manual core. now go free your locales and go to bed. mwah!! 🫶✨💅