Question

In C++, I can set the current locale like this:

std::locale::global(std::locale(name))

But how can I get the current global locale?

In my code, I need to get the current locale, save it to a tmp var, set the global locale to something else, output something, then set it back to the previous locale.

Answer 1

If you call the default constructor of std::locale, you get it.

std::locale the_global_locale; // <-- automatically correct to std::locale::global
                               //     or a copy of std::locale::classic

More info here: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/locale/locale/locale