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test_locale/testLocale/testLocale.cpp

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+
+#include <locale>
+#include <iostream>
+
+int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
+{
+	std::cout << "name of current global locale: " << std::locale().name() << "\n";
+	std::cout << "name of classic C locale: " << std::locale::classic().name() << "\n";
+	std::cout << "name of \"user's preferred locale\": " << std::locale("").name () << "\n";
+
+	std::cout.imbue( std::locale( "fr" ) );
+	std::cerr.imbue( std::locale( "en_US" ) );
+
+	std::cout << "fr: " << 1.1 << std::endl;
+	std::cerr << "us: " << 1.1 << std::endl;
+	return 0;
+}
+