[New-bugs-announce] [issue33471] string format with 'n' failling with french locales

[David Vasseur]

New submission from David Vasseur <dvasseur at gmail.com>:

Python 3.6.5 (default, Apr 14 2018, 13:17:30) 
[GCC 7.3.1 20180406] on linux
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>>> print('{:n}'.format(int(12)))
12 <-- ok --

>>> import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
'fr_FR.UTF-8'
>>> print('{:n}'.format(int(12)))
(empty) <-- error --
'{:n}'.format(int(12))
'Àæ' <-- error --

please note that with >999 numbers, it's working fine:
>>> print('{:n}'.format(int(1000)))
1 000 <-- ok --

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 316426
nosy: David Vasseur
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: string format with 'n' failling with french locales
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6

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