[Python-Dev] Python 2.7: only Visual Studio 2008?

[Stefan Krah]

"Martin v. L?wis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> - each CRT has its own locale. This may be an issue if an extension
>   module relies on the CRT locale for data formatting; I just think
>   this is unlikely to occur in practice (and when it does, it's easily
>   notable).

_decimal's 'n' format specifier actually relies on the CRT locale. The
functions in question are in libmpdec, so on Windows it is not possible
to compile a static libmpdec and build the module from that.

Well, it's possible, but setting the locale from Python then has no
effect on the module, IIRC.


Stefan Krah