locale_t(3type)

💖 locale_t(3type) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the locale_t(3type) page from the Linux man-pages 💅 this is one of those tiny little pages that's short but lowkey kinda important, so let's get into it fr fr ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

locale_t — locale object 🫶

📚 LIBRARY 📚

Standard C library (libc) 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <locale.h>

typedef /* ... */  locale_t;

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. locale_t is a type, and what it does is store a locale object 👑

That's literally it. That's the whole vibe. It's the type you use when you want to hold onto a locale object — like a little container that carries all your locale info around with you 💅 iconic behaviour honestly.

📏 STANDARDS 📏

POSIX.1-2024. periodt 💅

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

She's been around since POSIX.1-2008 — so yeah, not new, but still serving ✨

📝 NOTES 📝

not me about to drop the receipts 🧾 these headers also hand you this type, so you don't have to go hunting for it:

• <ctype.h>
• <langinfo.h>
• <monetary.h>
• <string.h>
• <strings.h>
• <time.h>
• <wchar.h>
• <wctype.h>

so if you're already including any of those, bestie, you're covered 🫶 no cap.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• duplocale(3)
• freelocale(3)
• newlocale(3)
• setlocale(3)
• uselocale(3)
• locale(5)
• locale(7)

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and that's the whole page, bestie, short and sweet like a little strawberry 🍓 mwah 💋

Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2025-10-29 — that's the tea, thanks for coming to my TED talk, slay 💅✨👑