https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/968d51b41416d445bf5514362bd8e0e1e9a6faa1 commit: 968d51b41416d445bf5514362bd8e0e1e9a6faa1 branch: 3.14 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: hugovk <[email protected]> date: 2025-12-16T11:32:07Z summary:
[3.14] gh-85204: Improve `locale.setlocale` example (GH-132683) (#142798) Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/locale.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/locale.rst b/Doc/library/locale.rst index 790bd3a5836423..0f49f30b9d765d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/locale.rst +++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst @@ -48,8 +48,19 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: If *locale* is omitted or ``None``, the current setting for *category* is returned. + Example:: + + >>> import locale + >>> loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL) # get current locale + # use German locale; name and availability varies with platform + >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8') + >>> locale.strcoll('f\xe4n', 'foo') # compare a string containing an umlaut + >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # use user's preferred locale + >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C') # use default (C) locale + >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc) # restore saved locale + :func:`setlocale` is not thread-safe on most systems. Applications typically - start with a call of :: + start with a call of:: import locale locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') @@ -573,18 +584,6 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: :func:`localeconv`. -Example:: - - >>> import locale - >>> loc = locale.getlocale() # get current locale - # use German locale; name might vary with platform - >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE') - >>> locale.strcoll('f\xe4n', 'foo') # compare a string containing an umlaut - >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '') # use user's preferred locale - >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'C') # use default (C) locale - >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc) # restore saved locale - - Background, details, hints, tips and caveats -------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
