locale.setlocale example incorrect

[pintman]

BPO	41032
Nosy	@Barathwaja, @pintman

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title = 'locale.setlocale example incorrect'
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Linked PRs

• gh-85204: Improve locale.setlocale example #132683
• [3.14] gh-85204: Improve locale.setlocale example (GH-132683) #142798
• [3.13] gh-85204: Improve locale.setlocale example (GH-132683) #142799

[pintman]

The example given results in an error.

https://docs.python.org/3.8/library/locale.html?highlight=locale

>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE')

I could be improved with one of the following versions:

>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8')
>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ('de_DE'), ('UTF-8'))

[Barathwaja]

Hi Marco,

Can I work on this?

[pintman]

I have only reported the bug and do not know exactly how to proceed. I don't think there's anything wrong with taking over the bug.

[slateny]

The example seems to fail on Ubuntu, but runs on Windows - there is a comment right above the line that says name might vary with platform. It does seem that locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de_DE.UTF-8') works on both platforms though, so maybe it can be changed to that