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+/*	$NetBSD: localeconv.c,v 1.1 1999/05/19 03:53:58 gwr Exp $	*/
+
+/*
+ * Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>.
+ * Public domain.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/cdefs.h>
+#include <sys/localedef.h>
+#include <locale.h>
+
+/* 
+ * The localeconv() function constructs a struct lconv from the current
+ * monetary and numeric locales.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Return the current locale conversion.
+ * Fixed in the "C" locale.
+ */
+struct lconv *
+localeconv()
+{
+    static struct lconv ret = {
+	/* char	*decimal_point */ ".",
+	/* char	*thousands_sep */ "",
+	/* char	*grouping */ "",
+	/* char	*int_curr_symbol */ "",
+	/* char	*currency_symbol */ "",
+	/* char	*mon_decimal_point */ "",
+	/* char	*mon_thousands_sep */ "",
+	/* char	*mon_grouping */ "",
+	/* char	*positive_sign */ "",
+	/* char	*negative_sign */ "",
+	/* char	int_frac_digits */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	frac_digits */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	p_cs_precedes */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	p_sep_by_space */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	n_cs_precedes */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	n_sep_by_space */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	p_sign_posn */ CHAR_MAX,
+	/* char	n_sign_posn */ CHAR_MAX,
+    };
+
+    return (&ret);
+}