[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Closes #25742: locale.setlocale() now accepts a Unicode string for its second
victor.stinner
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Nov 27 17:55:37 EST 2015
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/7841e9b614eb
changeset: 99379:7841e9b614eb
branch: 2.7
user: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
date: Fri Nov 27 23:54:36 2015 +0100
summary:
Closes #25742: locale.setlocale() now accepts a Unicode string for its second
parameter.
files:
Lib/locale.py | 6 +++++-
Lib/test/test_locale.py | 10 ++++++++++
Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
import operator
import functools
+# keep a copy of the builtin str type, because 'str' name is overriden
+# in globals by a function below
+_str = str
+
try:
_unicode = unicode
except NameError:
@@ -573,7 +577,7 @@
category may be given as one of the LC_* values.
"""
- if locale and type(locale) is not type(""):
+ if locale and not isinstance(locale, (_str, _unicode)):
# convert to string
locale = normalize(_build_localename(locale))
return _setlocale(category, locale)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_locale.py b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_locale.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_locale.py
@@ -493,6 +493,16 @@
# longer accept unicode strings.
self.assertEqual(locale.normalize(u'en_US'), 'en_US.ISO8859-1')
+ def test_setlocale_unicode(self):
+ old_loc = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_ALL)
+ try:
+ user_locale = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
+ unicode_locale = user_locale.decode('utf-8')
+ user_locale2 = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, unicode_locale)
+ self.assertEqual(user_locale, user_locale2)
+ finally:
+ locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, old_loc)
+
def test_main():
tests = [
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #25742: :func:`locale.setlocale` now accepts a Unicode string for
+ its second parameter.
+
- Issue #10131: Fixed deep copying of minidom documents. Based on patch
by Marian Ganisin.
--
Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
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