@node nl_langinfo
@section @code{nl_langinfo}
@findex nl_langinfo

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/nl_langinfo.html}

Gnulib module: nl_langinfo

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
mingw, BeOS.
@item
The constant @code{CODESET} is not supported on some platforms:
glibc 2.0.6, OpenBSD 3.8.
@item
The constants @code{ERA}, @code{ERA_D_FMT}, @code{ERA_D_T_FMT},
@code{ERA_T_FMT}, @code{ALT_DIGITS} are not supported on some platforms:
OpenBSD 3.8.
@item
The constants @code{T_FMT_AMPM}, @code{YESEXPR}, @code{NOEXPR} are not
supported on some platforms:
IRIX 5.3.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Cygwin 1.5.x, which doesn't have locales, @code{nl_langinfo(CODESET)} always
returns @code{"US-ASCII"}.

@item
On Cygwin 1.7.0, only the charset portion of a locale designation is honored.

@item
On NetBSD 5.0, in some locales, @code{nl_langinfo(CRNCYSTR)} returns the
empty string, although the local currency symbol, as returned by
@code{localeconv()->currency_symbol}, is non-empty.
@end itemize
