[Python-Dev] test_locale failing on MacOSX w/ 2.2.2

[Martin v. Loewis]

Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> writes:

>     **********************************************************************
>     *** lines 2-4 of actual output doesn't appear in expected output after line 1:
>     + '%f' % 1024 == '1024.000000' != '1,024.000000'
>     + '%+10.f' % -4200 == '     -4200' != '    -4,200'
>     + '%-10.f' % 4200 == '4200      ' != '4,200     '
>     **********************************************************************

That's most likely an OS X bug, for not properly supporting the en_US
locale. Various systems fail this test, we have always declared those
problems 3rdparty.

Regards,
Martin