Re: [Gramps-devel] String problem, cont

[Peter L. <pet...@te...>]

Sorry, My fingers were out phase with my brain.
Correct version of windows XP python is 2.5.1
and nothing Else!!

/Peter

> So, clearly a bug with Python 2.1.1 on Windows XP.  Of course that
> version is not even supported anymore and hasn't been for a very long
> time.  What about Python 2.5 on Windows XP?
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Peter Landgren<pet...@te...> wrote:
> > I ran this little test on win xp and linux:
> > import locale
> > import string
> > print string.lowercase
> > print locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'C')
> > print string.lowercase
> > print locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'')
> > print string.lowercase
> >
> > Result on Win XP with Python 2.1.1:
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> > C
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> > Swedish_Sweden.1252
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzâܣ׬Á║▀ÓßÔÒõÕµþÞÚÛÙýݯ´­±‗¾¶§÷°¨·¹³²■
> >
> > Result on Linux with Python 2.5.2:
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> > C
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> > sv_SE.UTF-8
> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> >
> > /Peter
> >
> >> What happens if you do this in the shell:
> >>
> >> lowercase=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> >> locale
> >> echo $lowercase
> >> export LC_ALL=C
> >> locale
> >> echo $lowercase
> >> export LC_ALL=
> >> locale
> >> echo $lowercase
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Peter Landgren<pet...@te...> wrote:
> >> > It's
> >> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> >> >
> >> > /Peter
> >> >
> >> >> dunno, but I would expect the results to be different.  I don't think
> >> >> that Python is doing anything special here.  Just regurgitating stuff
> >> >> already in the OS.  What's in string.lowercase before the try
> >> >> statement?  We might find our answer there.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Peter Landgren<pet...@te...> wrote:
> >> >> > OK,
> >> >> > But does it answer why
> >> >> > print string.lowercase
> >> >> > outputs
> >> >> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzâܣ׬Á║▀ÓßÔÒõÕµþÞÚÛÙýݯ´­±‗¾¶§÷°¨·¹³²■
> >> >> >
> >> >> > where char #27 to #65 are not lowercase in any locale?
> >> >> > Maybe with the exception of â.
> >> >> > /Peter
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Quoting from the doc:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> setlocale(    category[, locale])
> >> >> >> If locale is specified, it may be a string, a tuple of the form
> >> >> >> (language code, encoding), or None. If it is a tuple, it is
> >> >> >> converted to a string using the locale aliasing engine. If locale
> >> >> >> is given and not None, setlocale() modifies the locale setting for
> >> >> >> the category. The available categories are listed in the data
> >> >> >> description below. The value is the name of a locale. An empty
> >> >> >> string specifies the user's default settings. If the modification
> >> >> >> of the locale fails, the exception Error is raised. If successful,
> >> >> >> the new locale setting is returned.
> >> >> >> If locale is omitted or None, the current setting for category is
> >> >> >> returned.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> setlocale() is not thread safe on most systems. Applications
> >> >> >> typically start with a call of
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> import locale
> >> >> >> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> This sets the locale for all categories to the user's default
> >> >> >> setting (typically specified in the LANG environment variable). If
> >> >> >> the locale is not changed thereafter, using multithreading should
> >> >> >> not cause problems.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Changed in version 2.0: Added support for tuple values of the
> >> >> >> locale parameter.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Peter Landgren<pet...@te...> wrote:
> >> >> >> > Devs,
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > I have located the statement that casuses the error:
> >> >> >> > with this code in gramps.py
> >> >> >> >  try:
> >> >> >> >    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'C')
> >> >> >> >    print "OK",len(string.lowercase)
> >> >> >> >    print string.lowercase
> >> >> >> >    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'')
> >> >> >> >    print "ER",len(string.lowercase)
> >> >> >> >    print string.lowercase
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >  I get:
> >> >> >> >  OK 26
> >> >> >> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
> >> >> >> > ER 65
> >> >> >> > abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzâܣ׬Á║▀ÓßÔÒõÕµþÞÚÛÙýݯ´­±‗¾¶§÷°¨·¹³²■
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > So, what does
> >> >> >> >  locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,'')
> >> >> >> > do?
> >> >> >> > /Peter
> >> >> >> >
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