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src/Locale.cpp

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+#include "pch.h"
+
+#include "Locale.hpp"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+
+// Must be UNICODE. Should reflect system locale.  (.e.g en-US.UTF8,  de-de.UTF8)
+
+// This is correct for libstdc++; most probably not correct for Windows or CLANG. :-(
+using namespace pipedal;
+
+static const char*getLocale(const char*localeEnvironmentVariable)
+{
+    const char*result = getenv(localeEnvironmentVariable);
+    if (result == nullptr)
+    {
+        result = getenv("LC_ALL");
+    }
+    if (result == nullptr) {
+        result = "en_US.UTF-8";
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+static std::locale collationLocale(getLocale("LC_COLLATION"));
+const std::collate<char>& Locale::collation = std::use_facet<std::collate<char> >(collationLocale);
+