[Tutor] Python for Windows: module re, re.LOCALE different fo r Idle and p ython shell?

[Alan Gauld]

> In Idle 'loc=locale.getlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE)' prints '['de_DE',
'1252']'.
> In python shell 'loc=locale.getlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE)' prints
> '(None,None)'.

I don't think DOS is Locale aware, it uses a concept called codepages
to select laguages and that requires a whole new technique to find
the right characters.

I think this is one of those places where you have to check the OS
version and have an if OS == DOS branch in your code.  :-(

Alan G