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BADFUNC.SETLOCALE : Use of setlocale

Summary

A use of setlocale() or std::setlocale().

This can lead to data races and undefined behavior.

Properties

Class Name Use of setlocale
Significance reliability
Mnemonic BADFUNC.SETLOCALE
Categories
MisraC2025 MisraC2025:21.19 The pointers returned by the Standard Library functions localeconv, getenv, setlocale or strerror shall only be used as if they have pointer to const-qualified type
MisraC2023 MisraC2023:21.19 The pointers returned by the Standard Library functions localeconv, getenv, setlocale or, strerror shall only be used as if they have pointer to const-qualified type
Misra2012 Misra2012:21.19 The pointers returned by the Standard Library functions localeconv, getenv, setlocale or, strerror shall only be used as if they have pointer to const-qualified type
AUTOSARC++14 AUTOSARC++14:A18-0-3 The library <clocale> (locale.h) and the setlocale function shall not be used.
MisraC++2023 MisraC++2023:25.5.1 The setlocale and std::locale::global functions shall not be called
JSF++ JSF++:19 <locale.h> and the setlocale function shall not be used.
Availability Available for C and C++.
Enabling Checks for this warning class are disabled by default. To enable them, add the following WARNING_FILTER rule to the project configuration file. 
WARNING_FILTER += allow class="Use of setlocale"

Relevant Configuration File Parameters

This class is implemented using a BAD_FUNCTION_* rule set in the general template configuration file.

The following configuration file parameters affect checks for this warning class.

 

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