Message 147069 - Python tracker

Message147069

Author	petri.lehtinen
Recipients	docs@python, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, lemburg, loewis, nailor, petri.lehtinen, python-dev, skrah, terry.reedy, vincent.chute, vstinner
Date	2011-11-05.07:24:02
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In-reply-to	<1320452361.93.0.974665406954.issue3067@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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> If locale is specified, it may be a None, a string, or an iterable of two strings, language code and encoding. String pairs are converted to a single string using the locale aliasing engine. What about the possible None value then? Do you think that mentions to it be dropped? I don't think so, because setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, None) is an explicit way of saying "Return me the current value", especially because the function's name is SETlocale, which doesn't make it explicit. If None is not dropped, the ", language code and encoding" should maybe be in parentheses insteead: "to strings (language code and encoding), or None..."

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> If *locale* is specified, it may be a None, a string, or an iterable of two strings, language code and encoding. String pairs are converted to a single string using the locale aliasing engine.

What about the possible None value then? Do you think that mentions to
it be dropped?

I don't think so, because setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, None) is an
explicit way of saying "Return me the current value", especially
because the function's name is SETlocale, which doesn't make it
explicit.

If None is not dropped, the ", language code and encoding" should
maybe be in parentheses insteead: "to strings (language code and
encoding), or None..."

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-11-05 07:24:04	petri.lehtinen	set	recipients: + petri.lehtinen, lemburg, loewis, terry.reedy, vstinner, ezio.melotti, eric.araujo, vincent.chute, skrah, docs@python, nailor, python-dev
2011-11-05 07:24:03	petri.lehtinen	link	issue3067 messages
2011-11-05 07:24:02	petri.lehtinen	create