___setlc_active_func, ___unguarded_readlc_active_add_func

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OBSOLETE. The CRT exports these internal functions only to preserve binary compatibility.

int ___setlc_active_func(void);  
int * ___unguarded_readlc_active_add_func(void);  

The value returned is not significant.

Although the internal CRT functions ___setlc_active_func and ___unguarded_readlc_active_add_func are obsolete and no longer used, they are exported by the CRT library to preserve binary compatibility. The original purpose of ___setlc_active_func was to return the number of currently active calls to the setlocale function. The original purpose of ___unguarded_readlc_active_add_func was to return the number of functions that referenced the locale without locking it.

setlocale, _wsetlocale