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-rw-r--r--Lib/locale.py5
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diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index 58cf0a7..d9dbce6 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -526,9 +526,10 @@ def getlocale(category=LC_CTYPE):
def setlocale(category, locale=None):
""" Set the locale for the given category. The locale can be
- a string, a locale tuple (language code, encoding), or None.
+ a string, an iterable of two strings (language code and encoding),
+ or None.
- Locale tuples are converted to strings the locale aliasing
+ Iterables are converted to strings using the locale aliasing
engine. Locale strings are passed directly to the C lib.
category may be given as one of the LC_* values.