#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <locale>     //for locale
#include <stdexcept>  //for runtime_error
#include <sstream>    //for ostringstream
using namespace std;

int main()
{
	const locale loc1 = cout.getloc();     //copy the locale of cout
	cout << "cout's locale is \"" << loc1.name() << "\".\n";

	const locale loc2("");                 //the user's preferred locale
	const locale loc3 = locale::classic(); //static member function
	const locale loc4;                     //global locale

	try {
		const locale loc5("fr_CA");
		cout << "The French Canadian locale is \"" << loc5.name()
			<< "\".\n";

		locale::global(loc5);          //static member function
		cout << "The new global locale is \"" << locale().name()
			<< "\".\n";
	}
	catch (const runtime_error& e) {
		cerr << e.what() << "\n";
	}

	ostringstream ost;
	const locale loc6 = ost.getloc();
	cout << "The locale of a new stream is \"" << loc6.name() << "\".\n";
	if (loc6 == locale()) {
		cout << "ost's locale is the same as the global one.\n";
	}


	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}