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Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 12:40:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: locale getlocale returns None on OSX
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=0A=0A>________________________________=0A> From: Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@=
yahoo.com>=0A>To: Python <python-list@python.org> =0A>Sent: Wednesday, Marc=
h 12, 2014 1:22 PM=0A>Subject: locale getlocale returns None on OSX=0A> =0A=
>=0A>Hi,=0A>=0A>locale.getlocale() sometimes returns (None, None) under OSX=
 (Python 2, not sure about Python 3, but I think so). The problem is outlin=
ed here:=0A>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629699/locale-getlocale-pro=
blems-on-osx=0A>=0A>What is the cause of this? Is it limited to just Darwin=
 systes? Does the 'horrible hack' solution on OS have any drawbacks? I like=
 it better because it is not needed to set the LC_ALL environment variable =
prior to starting the Python program.=0A>=0A>Regards,=0A>=0A>Albert-Jan=0A=
=0A=0AOk, here are some tests on my own system:=0A=0Aalbertjan@debian:~$ un=
ame -a=0ALinux debian 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.54-2 x86_64 GNU/Linux=
=0A=0A=0AEven if locale.setlocale is used first, OSX returns (None, None) w=
hen locale.getlocale() is called. Another thing that surprises me in the ex=
amples below is the output of the "python -c" example using Python 2.7. Isn=
't this supposed to be exactly equivalent to the code that follows?=0A=0A=
=0A=0A# =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Python 2.7 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dalbertj=
an@debian:~$ python -c "import locale; locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "");=
 print(locale.getlocale())"=0A=0A(None, None)=A0=A0 # <---- why is this?=0A=
=0A=0Aalbertjan@debian:~$ python=0APython 2.7.3 (default, Jan=A0 2 2013, 13=
:56:14) =0A[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2=0AType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "=
license" for more information.=0A>>> import locale=0A>>> locale.setlocale(l=
ocale.LC_ALL, "")=0A'en_US.UTF-8'=0A>>> locale.getlocale()=0A('en_US', 'UTF=
-8')=A0 # <--- OSX (sometimes?) returns (None, None) here.=0A=0A=0A=0A# =3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Python 3.3 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0Aalbertjan@debia=
n:~$ python3 -c "import locale; locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ""); print(=
locale.getlocale())"=0A('en_US', 'UTF-8')=0A=0Aalbertjan@debian:~$ python3=
=0APython 3.3.4 (default, Feb 17 2014, 19:23:00) =0A[GCC 4.7.2] on linux=0A=
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.=0A>>=
> import locale=0A>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")=0A'en_US.UTF-8'=
=0A>>> locale.getlocale()=0A('en_US', 'UTF-8')=0A=0A=0A=0A# =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D Pypy =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0Aalbertjan@debian:~$ pypy -c "impo=
rt locale; locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ""); print locale.getlocale()"=
=0A(None, None)=0A=0Aalbertjan@debian:~$ pypy=0A=0APython 2.7.3 (87aa9de10f=
9ca71da9ab4a3d53e0ba176b67d086, Mar 10 2014, 14:07:15)=0A[PyPy 2.2.1 with G=
CC 4.7.2] on linux2=0AType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for =
more information.=0AAnd now for something completely different: ``pypy is a=
 better kind of=0Afoolishness - lac''=0A>>>> import locale=0A>>>> locale.se=
tlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")=0A'en_US.UTF-8'=0A>>>> locale.getlocale()=0A('en=
_US', 'UTF-8')