I've read the latest official locale documentation[1], googled for additional resources, and have the following questions: 1. Does the following warning still apply to recent releases of Python (and if so, is this a Python issue, a generic C runtime issue, or a platform specific C runtime issue) "... some implementation are broken in such a way that frequent locale changes may cause core dumps. This makes the locale somewhat painful to use correctly." 2. Is there a locale-like module that uses hardcoded/cached locale settings that might support the ability to have different locale objects? Use cases for such a module: - ability for threads to support independent locale-type formatting (via their own private locale object instances) - ability to generate multi-locale output without flipping between locales (expensive and potentially buggy) Note: I understand this wouldn't be a perfect solution given that the string module's 'constants' are locale sensitive. 3. Where can I find examples of how to use the locale.format() and locale.format_string() functions? (The documentation for these functions is too terse for me to understand). Thank you, Malcolm [1] http://docs.python.org/library/locale.html
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