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Running locale.py as a module on Windows, using the Python command window, produces this output:
C:\Python31\Lib>locale.py
Locale aliasing:
Locale defaults as determined by getdefaultlocale():
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Language: de_DE
Encoding: cp1252
Locale settings on startup:
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LC_NUMERIC ...
 Language: (undefined)
 Encoding: (undefined)
LC_MONETARY ...
 Language: (undefined)
 Encoding: (undefined)
LC_COLLATE ...
 Language: (undefined)
 Encoding: (undefined)
LC_CTYPE ...
 Language: (undefined)
 Encoding: (undefined)
LC_TIME ...
 Language: (undefined)
 Encoding: (undefined)
Locale settings after calling resetlocale():
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "C:\Python31\Lib\locale.py", line 1798, in <module>
 _print_locale()
 File "C:\Python31\Lib\locale.py", line 1761, in _print_locale
 resetlocale()
 File "C:\Python31\Lib\locale.py", line 537, in resetlocale
 _setlocale(category, _build_localename(getdefaultlocale()))
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting
Tried with 2.7 on Windows XP, 32bit, 3.1.2 and 3.2a4 on Windows 7, 64bit. System character set in all cases cp1252 as usual for a German windows installation.
With 2.6, 2.6.5, 3.1.2 on Linux with UTF-8 system character set: no exception, expected output.