"Fulvio" wrote: > > but it also looks as if the meaning of the word "localized" isn't clear to > > you; if you changed the locale, those names will be translated > > Mine behave strangely. Linux localized for Italian, but Python (or its > calander is in english)
Python defaults to the C locale, which is a minimal english locale. To change this, you have to tell the locale module >>> import locale >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL) 'C' >>> import calendar >>> list(calendar.month_abbr) ['', 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'] >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "") # get locale from environment 'sv_SE' >>> list(calendar.month_abbr) ['', 'jan', 'feb', 'mar', 'apr', 'maj', 'jun', 'jul', 'aug', 'sep', 'okt', 'nov', 'dec'] >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "it_IT") # use explicit locale 'it_IT' >>> list(calendar.month_abbr) ['', 'gen', 'feb', 'mar', 'apr', 'mag', 'giu', 'lug', 'ago', 'set', 'ott', 'nov', 'dic'] The point here is that this is a global setting; once you (or someone using your code) change the locale, all locale dependent code changes behaviour. >>> import locale, string >>> print string.uppercase ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "it_IT") 'it_IT' >>> print string.uppercase ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞ </F>
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