[Python-Dev] locale and LC_NUMERIC

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Georg Brandl wrote:
>  >>> import locale
>  >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, "")
> 'de_DE at euro'
>  >>> "%f" % 1.0
> '1.000000'
>  >>> u"%f" % 1.0
> u'1,000000'
>  >>>
> 
> 
> Is this intended? This breaks test_format on my box when test_builtin (method
> test_float_with_comma) is executed first.

No. %-formatting should always use the C locale. One should use
locale.format to get locale-aware formatting.

Regards,
Martin