[issue38805] locale.getlocale() returns a non RFC1766 language code

Riccardo Polignieri added the comment: > `locale.getlocale()` is now returning strange results Not really "strange results" - fact is, now "getlocale()" returns the locale name *as if* it were already set from the beginnning (because it is, at least in part). Before: >>> import locale #

[issue38805] locale.getlocale() returns a non RFC1766 language code

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[issue38805] locale.getlocale() returns a non RFC1766 language code

New submission from Mark Grandi : It seems that something with windows 10, python 3.8, or both changed where `locale.getlocale()` is now returning strange results According to the documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html?highlight=locale%20getlocale#locale.getlocale ,