5 Function and Macro Reference

set-locale

Function

Summary

Sets the C locale.

Package

fli

Signature

set-locale &optional locale => c-locale

Arguments

locale: A locale name.

Values

c-locale: the C locale.

Description

This function can be called to set the C locale; if you set the locale in any other way, then Lisp might not do the right thing when passing strings and characters to C. It callssetlocale to tell the C library to switch and then tells the FLI what conversions to do when passing strings and characters to C. The locale argument should be a locale name; if not passed, it defaults according to the OS conventions.

See Also

convert-from-foreign-string

convert-to-dynamic-foreign-string

with-foreign-string