[Boost-users] [locale] gettext functions: std::locale default argument not working

Subject: [Boost-users] [locale] gettext functions: std::locale default argument not working
From: Jeanette C. (julien_at_[hidden])
Date: 2019-04-29 11:08:26

Hey hey,
it appears that the std::locale const &loc=std::locale() argument of the 
gettext functions for direct message translation doesn't properly pick up the 
program's global locale.

Assume that messages have been extracted and translated. Consider the code 
snippet below:
...
boost::locale::generator gen;
std::locale loc = gen("de_DE");
std::locale::global(loc);
// std::locale loc2; // will also work as argument to gettext
string s = boost::locale::gettext("Hello world"); // output "Hello world"
string t = boost::locale::gettext("Hello world",loc); // output "Hallo Welt"
...

I am on boost 1.69.0-2, Arch Linux package, gcc 8.2.1, libstdc++ 6.0.25 (taken 
from the dynamic library filename), this is distributed with the GCC package.

I'd appreciate any hint to solve this, since it would mean a lot of code 
editing otherwise.

Best wishes and thanks,

Jeanette

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