[Python-bugs-list] Re: strop.lowercase/uppercase delivers too much characters (PR#190)

[guido@python.org]

> On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 12:32:12PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > Andreas,
> > 
> > This is not a bug; this is because your locale specifies the German
> > language.  Those characters, when printed, are accented characters.
> > 
> > See docs for the locale module and the unix man page for the setlocale
> > C function for more info.

> it's definitely not a locale problem. There are no locale
> variables set in my enviroment. Also recompiled Python without
> the locale module and I got the same result as described.
> However I could not track down the problem. 

Sorry, it still looks like a local issue (since if I set LANG=de I get
the exact output).  Your system is probably configured to default to a
different locale.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)