[python-win32] LOCALE related stuff Re: Setting environment

[Andrew MacIntyre]

> From: Nalli Dinesh
> 
> Hmm. I tried out this patch. This patch is about adding 
> update function to os.py.
> Update is removed in python2.4, now adding this patch gave me 
> access to use update in python2.4 My problem persists. 
> locale.setlocale doesn't work even though we set LANG 
> environment variable using update function.
> I don;t know whats going on. locale.setlocale worked 
> perfectly when I set LANG environment variable with 
> os.putenv,under python 2.3.5.

As this is on Windows, you'll also need to keep in mind that the 
standard Python 2.4[.x] distribution is built with MSVC 7.1, whereas 
Python 2.3.x distributions were built with MSVC 6.  There are 2 
different C runtime libraries involved, and the issue you see may 
be due to differences at this level rather than in the Python codebase.

Python 2.4[.x] is still buildable with MSVC 6 (thanks to Raymond 
Hettinger), so if you have access to that compiler you can check this 
out.

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