<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
C	B-Language
localization	I-Language
functions	I-Language
are	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
functions	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
implementing	O
basic	O
localization	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
functions	O
are	O
used	O
in	O
multilingual	O
programs	O
to	O
adapt	O
to	O
the	O
specific	O
locale	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
settings	O
affect	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
input/output	B-Language
functions	I-Language
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
Standard	O
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
localization	I-Language
functions	I-Language
and	O
types	O
are	O
defined	O
in	O
(	O
header	O
in	O
C++	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C	B-Language
standard	O
localization	O
functions	O
are	O
criticized	O
because	O
the	O
localization	O
state	O
is	O
stored	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
means	O
that	O
in	O
a	O
given	O
program	O
all	O
operations	O
involving	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
can	O
use	O
only	O
one	O
locale	B-Device
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
very	O
difficult	O
to	O
implement	O
programs	O
that	O
use	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
locale	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
saved	O
file	O
in	O
one	O
locale	B-Device
will	O
not	O
be	O
readable	O
in	O
another	O
locale	B-Device
,	O
or	O
not	O
be	O
readable	O
at	O
all	O
due	O
to	O
assumptions	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
numbers	O
end	O
at	O
comma	O
characters	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
large-scale	O
software	O
forces	O
the	O
locale	B-Device
to	O
"	O
C	B-Language
"	O
(	O
or	O
another	O
fixed	O
value	O
)	O
to	O
work	O
around	O
these	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
