static char* get_icu_value_internal( const char* loc_name , char* tag_name, int* result , int fromParseLocale)
{
	char*		tag_value	= NULL;
	int32_t     	tag_value_len   = 512;

	int		singletonPos   	= 0;
	char*       	mod_loc_name	= NULL;
	int 		grOffset	= 0;

	int32_t     	buflen          = 512;
	UErrorCode  	status          = U_ZERO_ERROR;


	if( strcmp(tag_name, LOC_CANONICALIZE_TAG) != 0 ){
		/* Handle  grandfathered languages */
		grOffset =  findOffset( LOC_GRANDFATHERED , loc_name );
		if( grOffset >= 0 ){
			if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_LANG_TAG)==0 ){
				return estrdup(loc_name);
			} else {
				/* Since Grandfathered , no value , do nothing , retutn NULL */
				return NULL;
			}
		}

	if( fromParseLocale==1 ){
		/* Handle singletons */
		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_LANG_TAG)==0 ){
			if( strlen(loc_name)>1 && (isIDPrefix(loc_name) == 1) ){
				return estrdup(loc_name);
 			}
 		}
 
		singletonPos = getSingletonPos( loc_name );	
 		if( singletonPos == 0){
 			/* singleton at start of script, region , variant etc.
 			 * or invalid singleton at start of language */
			return NULL;
		} else if( singletonPos > 0 ){
			/* singleton at some position except at start
			 * strip off the singleton and rest of the loc_name */
			mod_loc_name = estrndup ( loc_name , singletonPos-1);
		}
	} /* end of if fromParse */

 	} /* end of if != LOC_CANONICAL_TAG */
 
 	if( mod_loc_name == NULL){
		mod_loc_name = estrdup(loc_name );	
 	}
 
 	/* Proceed to ICU */
    do{
		tag_value = erealloc( tag_value , buflen  );
		tag_value_len = buflen;

		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_SCRIPT_TAG)==0 ){
			buflen = uloc_getScript ( mod_loc_name ,tag_value , tag_value_len , &status);
		}
		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_LANG_TAG )==0 ){
			buflen = uloc_getLanguage ( mod_loc_name ,tag_value , tag_value_len , &status);
		}
		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_REGION_TAG)==0 ){
			buflen = uloc_getCountry ( mod_loc_name ,tag_value , tag_value_len , &status);
		}
		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_VARIANT_TAG)==0 ){
			buflen = uloc_getVariant ( mod_loc_name ,tag_value , tag_value_len , &status);
		}
		if( strcmp(tag_name , LOC_CANONICALIZE_TAG)==0 ){
			buflen = uloc_canonicalize ( mod_loc_name ,tag_value , tag_value_len , &status);
		}

 		if( U_FAILURE( status ) ) {
 			if( status == U_BUFFER_OVERFLOW_ERROR ) {
 				status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 				continue;
 			}
 
			/* Error in retriving data */
			*result = 0;
			if( tag_value ){
				efree( tag_value );
			}
			if( mod_loc_name ){
				efree( mod_loc_name);
			}
			return NULL;
		}
	} while( buflen > tag_value_len );

	if(  buflen ==0 ){
		/* No value found */
		*result = -1;
		if( tag_value ){
			efree( tag_value );
		}
		if( mod_loc_name ){
			efree( mod_loc_name);
		}
		return NULL;
	} else {
		*result = 1;
	}

	if( mod_loc_name ){
		efree( mod_loc_name);
	}
	return tag_value;
}

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