Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #1458: Darwin Tiger throws std::runtime_error: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:04:05 GMT

http://beta.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/output/jrp-darwin-boost-bin-v2-libs-filesystem-test-wide_test-test-darwin-debug-link-static.html also fails with the same diagnostic

dirk@… — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:08:10 GMT

I believe this also happens with the following piece of code:

int main()

{

std::locale::global(std::locale(""));

choke

It seems osx/bsd only supports "C" and "POSIX" (there are some post on the web saying this), which is sort of strange - why should this be and OSX does support unicode (how?)

Could this be fixed in any way? Or does Apple need to do something (I'd rather not compile my own gcc)

Best, Dirk

status changed; resolution set

Beman Dawes — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:33:11 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

This is a known problem with MacOS and std::locale(""). I've added a workaround to use std::locale() instead.