Python locale use sample

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$ LC_ALL='es_MX.UTF-8' python foo.py
{'Default locale': ('es_MX', 'UTF-8'), 'Default locale data': ''}

{'Current locale data': '', 'Current locale': (None, None)}

{'Default locale': ('es_MX', 'UTF-8'),
 'New locale': ('pt_BR', 'UTF-8'),
 'New locale data': 'BRL '}

{'Current locale data': 'MXN ', 'Current locale': ('es_MX', 'UTF-8')}

python_locale_sample.py

# You must have pt_BR locale generated on yourt system (man locale-gen)

import locale
from pprint import pprint

pprint({"Default locale": locale.getdefaultlocale(), "Default locale data": locale.localeconv()['int_curr_symbol']})
print("")
print({"Current locale": locale.getlocale(), "Current locale data": locale.localeconv()['int_curr_symbol']})
print("")


def set_locale():
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'pt_BR.UTF-8')
    pprint({"New locale": locale.getlocale(),
           "Default locale": locale.getdefaultlocale(),
           "New locale data": locale.localeconv()['int_curr_symbol']})
    print("")
    locale.resetlocale()

set_locale()

print({"Current locale": locale.getlocale(), "Current locale data": locale.localeconv()['int_curr_symbol']})