Re: [Boost-users] Why does boost::locale::generator fail for some locale codes?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Why does boost::locale::generator fail for some locale codes?
From: Ashish (ashah4_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-15 11:31:18

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"Adrián Chaves Fernández (Gallaecio)	" <adriyetichaves_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>I am using boost::locale::generator with its default backend (ICU I assume) to 
>generate an std::locale. But for some reason, when I pass certain locale codes 
>to the generator, it fails and the application execution is interrupted with 
>the following output messages:
>
>    terminate called after throwing an instance of 
>'boost::locale::conv::conversion_error'
>      what():  Conversion failed
>    Abortado
>
>I have tested the following values:
>
>* gl —  FAILS
>* gl_ES —  FAILS
>* gl_ES.utf8 —  Works
>* en —  Works
>* en_US —  Works
>* en_US.utf8 —  Works
>
>Installed locales should not be the issue:
>
>    [user_at_localhost build]$ locale -a
>    C
>    en_US
>    en_US.iso88591
>    en_US.utf8
>    galego
>    galician
>    gl_ES
>    gl_ES_at_euro
>    gl_ES.iso88591
>    gl_ES.iso885915_at_euro
>    gl_ES.utf8
>    POSIX
>
>So why might this be happening?
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