Issue #29273: Remove unneeded workaround to restore locale
The “readline” module already has a workaround using setlocale(LC_CTYPE,
NULL). The code in test___all__ calls getlocale(), which can subtly alter
the locale string and cause the test framework to complain.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test___all__.py b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
index e94d984..2fc5e3e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test___all__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@
# than an AttributeError somewhere deep in CGIHTTPServer.
import _socket
- # rlcompleter needs special consideration; it import readline which
- # initializes GNU readline which calls setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")... :-(
- import locale
- locale_tuple = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE)
- try:
- import rlcompleter
- except ImportError:
- pass
- finally:
- locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, locale_tuple)
-
ignored = []
failed_imports = []
lib_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))