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#### 7.6.1 `localeconv`: It is portable but ...

Together with the `setlocale` function the ISO C people invented the `localeconv` function. It is a masterpiece of poor design. It is expensive to use, not extendable, and not generally usable as it provides access to only `LC_MONETARY` and `LC_NUMERIC` related information. Nevertheless, if it is applicable to a given situation it should be used since it is very portable. The function `strfmon` formats monetary amounts according to the selected locale using this information.

— Function: struct lconv * localeconv (void)

> The `localeconv` function returns a pointer to a structure whose components contain information about how numeric and monetary values should be formatted in the current locale.

> You should not modify the structure or its contents. The structure might be overwritten by subsequent calls to `localeconv`, or by calls to `setlocale`, but no other function in the library overwrites this value.

— Data Type: struct lconv

> `localeconv`'s return value is of this data type. Its elements are described in the following subsections.

If a member of the structure `struct lconv` has type `char`, and the value is `CHAR_MAX`, it means that the current locale has no value for that parameter.