[m-users.] How to set the locale?

[Volker Wysk]

Am Samstag, dem 09.10.2021 um 20:41 +0200 schrieb Volker Wysk:
> Hi!
> 
> Mercury programs appear not to set the locale at startup, using 
> 
>    setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
> 
> How should the locale be set in Mercury? Is it necessary to use the foreign
> language interface?
> 
> This leads to my second question: How to quote quotation marks inside the
> body of a foreign predicate, which consists of C code?

I've found it out: A double-double quote mean a single double quote:

...
"
   setlocale(LC_ALL, """");
"
...

The body of a foreign predicate is just a string.

Cheers, 
Volker
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