python ../lib/test/regrtest.py test___all__
test___all__ test test___all__ crashed -- exceptions.AttributeError: 'locale' module has no attribute 'LC_MESSAGES' And indeed it does not:
python Python 2.1a1 (#9, Jan 24 2001, 04:40:55) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
import locale dir(locale) ['CHAR_MAX', 'Error', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_COLLATE', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LC_MONETARY', 'LC_NUMERIC', 'LC_TIME', '__all__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '_build_localename', '_group', '_parse_localename', '_print_locale', '_setlocale', '_test', 'atof', 'atoi', 'encoding_alias', 'format', 'getdefaultlocale', 'getlocale', 'locale_alias', 'localeconv', 'normalize', 'resetlocale', 'setlocale', 'str', 'strcoll', 'string', 'strxfrm', 'sys', 'windows_locale']
Nor is LC_MESSAGES std C (the other LC_XXX guys are). I pin the blame on from _locale import * in locale.py -- who knows what that's supposed to export? Certainly not Skip <wink>.