Add cvt.imbue() and cvt.getloc()

Author: gknowles

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 - Added - cvt.toString() support for wchar_t and wstring
 - Added - cli.toArgv() and cli.toCmdline() variants that report errors on
           cvt.toString() failures.
+- Added - Convert configuration options: cvt.imbue() and cvt.getloc()
 
 ## dimcli 7.5.0 (2025-11-20)
 - Added - cli.success() and cli.fail() overloads with just the exit code

libs/dimcli/cli.cpp

@@ -480,6 +480,16 @@ CliLocal::CliLocal()
 *
 ***/
 
+//===========================================================================
+locale Cli::Convert::imbue(const locale & loc) {
+    return m_interpreter.imbue(loc);
+}
+
+//===========================================================================
+std::locale Cli::Convert::getloc() const {
+    return m_interpreter.getloc();
+}
+
 //===========================================================================
 template<>
 bool Cli::Convert::toString_impl<std::wstring>(
@@ -690,11 +700,6 @@ Cli::OptBase::OptBase(const string & names, bool flag)
     ndx.index(*this);
 }
 
-//===========================================================================
-locale Cli::OptBase::imbue(const locale & loc) {
-    return m_interpreter.imbue(loc);
-}
-
 //===========================================================================
 string Cli::OptBase::defaultPrompt() const {
     auto name = (string) m_fromName;
@@ -723,7 +728,7 @@ bool Cli::OptBase::withUnits(
     const unordered_map<string, long double> & units,
     int flags
 ) const {
-    auto & f = use_facet<ctype<char>>(m_interpreter.getloc());
+    auto & f = use_facet<ctype<char>>(getloc());
 
     auto pos = val.size();
     for (;;) {

libs/dimcli/cli.h

@@ -1195,6 +1195,18 @@ class DIMCLI_LIB_DECL CliLocal : public Cli {
 
 class DIMCLI_LIB_DECL Cli::Convert {
 public:
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // CONFIGURATION
+
+    // Change the locale used when parsing values via iostream. Defaults to
+    // the user's preferred locale (aka locale("")) for arithmetic types and
+    // the "C" locale for everything else.
+    std::locale imbue(const std::locale & loc);
+    std::locale getloc() const;
+
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // CONVERSIONS
+
     // Converts from string to T.
     template <typename T>
     [[nodiscard]] bool fromString(T & out, const std::string & value) const;
@@ -1204,9 +1216,6 @@ class DIMCLI_LIB_DECL Cli::Convert {
     template <typename T>
     [[nodiscard]] bool toString(std::string & out, const T & src) const;
 
-protected:
-    mutable std::stringstream m_interpreter;
-
 private:
     template <typename T>
     auto fromString_impl(T & out, const std::string & src, int, int, int) const
@@ -1244,6 +1253,8 @@ class DIMCLI_LIB_DECL Cli::Convert {
 
     template <typename T>
     bool toString_impl(std::string & out, const T & src, long, long) const;
+
+    mutable std::stringstream m_interpreter;
 };
 
 //===========================================================================
@@ -1500,14 +1511,6 @@ class DIMCLI_LIB_DECL Cli::OptBase : public Cli::Convert {
     OptBase(const std::string & names, bool flag);
     virtual ~OptBase() {}
 
-    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // CONFIGURATION
-
-    // Change the locale used when parsing values via iostream. Defaults to
-    // the user's preferred locale (aka locale("")) for arithmetic types and
-    // the "C" locale for everything else.
-    std::locale imbue(const std::locale & loc);
-
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // QUERIES