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diff --git a/Doc/library/locale.rst b/Doc/library/locale.rst index dd14a379b0..cc1f5b427a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/locale.rst +++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst @@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: | ``CHAR_MAX`` | Nothing is specified in this locale. | +--------------+-----------------------------------------+ - The function sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` + The function temporarily sets the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale or the ``LC_MONETARY`` locale if locales are different and numeric or monetary strings are non-ASCII. This temporary change affects other threads. .. versionchanged:: 3.7 - The function now sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the + The function now temporarily sets the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale in some cases. @@ -227,16 +227,18 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: Get a regular expression that can be used with the regex function to recognize a positive response to a yes/no question. - .. note:: - - The expression is in the syntax suitable for the :c:func:`regex` function - from the C library, which might differ from the syntax used in :mod:`re`. - .. data:: NOEXPR Get a regular expression that can be used with the regex(3) function to recognize a negative response to a yes/no question. + .. note:: + + The regular expressions for :const:`YESEXPR` and + :const:`NOEXPR` use syntax suitable for the + :c:func:`regex` function from the C library, which might + differ from the syntax used in :mod:`re`. + .. data:: CRNCYSTR Get the currency symbol, preceded by "-" if the symbol should appear before @@ -375,7 +377,7 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: Formats a number *val* according to the current :const:`LC_NUMERIC` setting. The format follows the conventions of the ``%`` operator. For floating point - values, the decimal point is modified if appropriate. If *grouping* is true, + values, the decimal point is modified if appropriate. If *grouping* is ``True``, also takes the grouping into account. If *monetary* is true, the conversion uses monetary thousands separator and @@ -405,12 +407,14 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: Formats a number *val* according to the current :const:`LC_MONETARY` settings. The returned string includes the currency symbol if *symbol* is true, which is - the default. If *grouping* is true (which is not the default), grouping is done - with the value. If *international* is true (which is not the default), the + the default. If *grouping* is ``True`` (which is not the default), grouping is done + with the value. If *international* is ``True`` (which is not the default), the international currency symbol is used. - Note that this function will not work with the 'C' locale, so you have to set a - locale via :func:`setlocale` first. + .. note:: + + This function will not work with the 'C' locale, so you have to set a + locale via :func:`setlocale` first. .. function:: str(float) @@ -597,4 +601,3 @@ applications that link with additional C libraries which internally invoke :c:func:`gettext` or :c:func:`dcgettext`. For these applications, it may be necessary to bind the text domain, so that the libraries can properly locate their message catalogs. - |