std:: use_facet

Obtains a reference to a facet implemented by loc .

The program is ill-formed if Facet is not a facet whose definition contains the public static member id or it is a volatile-qualified facet.

Parameters

Return value

Returns a reference to the facet. The reference returned by this function is valid as long as any std::locale object refers to that facet.

Exceptions

std::bad_cast if std:: has_facet < Facet > ( loc ) == false .

Notes

A std::locale object should not be a temporary if a reference to the Facet object obtained from use_facet is used after the end of statement:

// BAD:
auto& f = std::use_facet<std::moneypunct<char, true>>(std::locale{"no_NO.UTF-8"});
foo(f.curr_symbol()); // Error: f internally uses a dangling reference
                      // to a std::locale object that no longer exists.
// GOOD:
auto loc = std::locale{"is_IS.UTF-8"}; // OK: a non-temporary object
auto& f = std::use_facet<std::moneypunct<char, true>>(loc);
foo(f.curr_symbol()); // OK: f internally uses a reference to existing locale object.

Example

#include <iostream>
#include <locale>
 
int main()
{
    for (const char* name: {"en_US.UTF-8", "de_DE.UTF-8", "en_GB.UTF-8"})
        std::cout << "Your currency string is "
                  << std::use_facet<std::moneypunct<char, true>>(std::locale{name}).
                     curr_symbol() << '\n';
}

Your currency string is USD
Your currency string is EUR
Your currency string is GBP

Defect reports

The following behavior-changing defect reports were applied retroactively to previously published C++ standards.

See also