Hi,
The Python locale standard libraries has some oddities and (long-standing) bugs.
Example oddity: SETlocale *returns* a locale; getlocale output cannot always be
consumed by setlocale. Example bug: resetlocale fails in Windows. What is your
opinion about the work-around code below?
import sys
import os
import locale as locale_
locale_.setlocale(locale_.LC_ALL, "")
class PythonicLocale(object):
LC_ALL = locale_.LC_ALL
LC_CTYPE = locale_.LC_CTYPE
def __init__(self, failsafe=False):
self.failsafe = failsafe
@property
def locale(self):
"""Partial wrapper for locale in standard library"""
# LANG and LC_ALL sometimes not set
if not sys.platform.startswith("win"):
if locale_.getlocale()[0] is None and self.failsafe:
os.environ["LANG"] = "en_US"
os.environ["LC_ALL"] = "en_US.UTF-8"
# getlocale output cannot be consumed by setlocale
return locale_.setlocale(locale_.LC_ALL)
@locale.setter
def locale(self, category_and_locale_tuple):
locale_.setlocale(*category_and_locale_tuple)
@locale.deleter
def locale(self):
if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
# resetlocale() is broken in Windows
locale_.setlocale(locale_.LC_ALL, "")
else:
locale_.resetlocale()
def getdefaultlocale(self):
return locale_.getdefaultlocale()
if __name__ == "__main__":
locale = PythonicLocale()
# getter
print locale.locale
# setter
locale.locale = (locale.LC_ALL, "german")
print locale.locale
# deleter
del locale.locale
# check if deleter worked
print locale.locale
Thanks!
Regards,
Albert-Jan
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