[Python-Dev] locale and LC_NUMERIC

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Neal Norwitz wrote:
> neal at janus ~/build/python/svn/clean-ish $ LC_ALL=de_DE ./python
> 
>>>>import locale
>>>>locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL)
> 
> 'C'
> 
>>>>locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE')
> 
> 'de_DE'
> 
> I would have expected the first call to setlocale() to return de_DE. 

No, it shouldn't. We are providing C semantics here, which is that
no locale functionality is activated unless the application explicitly
asks for it.

> Is the first call to
> setlocale() supposed to return C?  If so, always?

The return value is implementation-defined, but yes, it is supposed
to return the "C" locale (which is synonymous to the "POSIX" locale
on a POSIX system).

> I was looking for
> some way for the initial call to setlocale() to return de_DE or
> whatever other locale I set.

That shouldn't happen.

Regards,
Martin