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#ifndef RWSTD_UTIL_ALIASES_H_INCLUDED
#define RWSTD_UTIL_ALIASES_H_INCLUDED

#include <string>   // for string
#include <vector>   // for vector


// get the codepage for a particular codeset
unsigned int get_codepage (const std::string&);

// case-insensitive comparison of strings
int ci_compare (const std::string&, const std::string&);


typedef std::vector<std::string> StringVector;

// aliases retrieval for locale name and for codeset name
void get_cname_aliases (const std::string&, StringVector&);
void get_lname_aliases (const std::string&, StringVector&);

// retrieves the C locale that will be used in getting the internal
// encoding for the locale if _RWSTD_NO_ISO_10646_WCHAR_T is defined
std::string get_C_encoding_locale (const std::string&);

// gets the corresponding C locale names
void get_same_encoding_C_locale (const std::string&,
                                 const std::string&,
                                 StringVector&);

// invalid value (hopefully) different from any LC_XXX constant
#define LC_INVALID_CAT  0xdeadbeef

// retrieves the names of locales that grep the pattern
char* get_installed_locales (int = LC_INVALID_CAT);

#endif   // RWSTD_UTIL_ALIASES_H_INCLUDED