SF#1391872

Floating point literals don't work in non-US locale in 2.5.  Patch and
new locale tests by Hye-Shik Chang.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test__locale.py b/Lib/test/test__locale.py
index ef4fe8d..abdb87e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__locale.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__locale.py
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ class _LocaleTests(unittest.TestCase):
                                                 loc, set_locale))
 
 
+    def test_float_parsing(self):
+        # Bug #1391872: Test whether float parsing is okay on European
+        # locales.
+        for loc in candidate_locales:
+            try:
+                setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, loc)
+            except Error:
+                continue
+            self.assertEquals(int(eval('3.14') * 100), 314)
+            self.assertEquals(int(float('3.14') * 100), 314)
+
+
 
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(_LocaleTests)