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+package locale;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    @x = sort @y;	# ASCII sorting order
+    {
+        use locale;
+        @x = sort @y;   # Locale-defined sorting order
+    }
+    @x = sort @y;	# ASCII sorting order again
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This pragma tells the compiler to enable (or disable) the use of POSIX
+locales for built-in operations (LC_CTYPE for regular expressions, and
+LC_COLLATE for string comparison).  Each "use locale" or "no locale"
+affects statements to the end of the enclosing BLOCK.
+
+=cut
+
+sub import {
+    $^H |= 0x800;
+}
+
+sub unimport {
+    $^H &= ~0x800;
+}
+
+1;