[3.13] gh-124969: Fix locale.nl_langinfo(locale.ALT_DIGITS) (GH-124974) (#125232)

Returns a tuple of up to 100 strings for ALT_DIGITS lookup (an empty tuple on most locales).
Previously it returned the first item of that tuple or an empty string.
(cherry picked from commit 21c04e1a97)

Doc/library/locale.rst

@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
 
 .. function:: nl_langinfo(option)
 
-   Return some locale-specific information as a string.  This function is not
+   Return some locale-specific information as a string (or a tuple for
+   ``ALT_DIGITS``).  This function is not
    available on all systems, and the set of possible options might also vary
    across platforms.  The possible argument values are numbers, for which
    symbolic constants are available in the locale module.
@@ -311,8 +312,7 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
 
    .. data:: ALT_DIGITS
 
-      Get a representation of up to 100 values used to represent the values
-      0 to 99.
+      Get a tuple of up to 100 strings used to represent the values 0 to 99.
 
 
 .. function:: getdefaultlocale([envvars])

Lib/test/test__locale.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from _locale import (setlocale, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, localeconv, Error)
+from _locale import (setlocale, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, localeconv, Error)
 try:
     from _locale import (RADIXCHAR, THOUSEP, nl_langinfo)
 except ImportError:
@@ -74,6 +74,17 @@ known_numerics = {
     'ps_AF': ('\u066b', '\u066c'),
 }
 
+known_alt_digits = {
+    'C': (0, {}),
+    'en_US': (0, {}),
+    'fa_IR': (100, {0: '\u06f0\u06f0', 10: '\u06f1\u06f0', 99: '\u06f9\u06f9'}),
+    'ja_JP': (100, {0: '\u3007', 10: '\u5341', 99: '\u4e5d\u5341\u4e5d'}),
+    'lzh_TW': (32, {0: '\u3007', 10: '\u5341', 31: '\u5345\u4e00'}),
+    'my_MM': (100, {0: '\u1040\u1040', 10: '\u1041\u1040', 99: '\u1049\u1049'}),
+    'or_IN': (100, {0: '\u0b66', 10: '\u0b67\u0b66', 99: '\u0b6f\u0b6f'}),
+    'shn_MM': (100, {0: '\u1090\u1090', 10: '\u1091\u1090', 99: '\u1099\u1099'}),
+}
+
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
     # ps_AF doesn't work on Windows: see bpo-38324 (msg361830)
     del known_numerics['ps_AF']
@@ -176,6 +187,35 @@ class _LocaleTests(unittest.TestCase):
         if not tested:
             self.skipTest('no suitable locales')
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(nl_langinfo, "nl_langinfo is not available")
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(locale, 'ALT_DIGITS'), "requires locale.ALT_DIGITS")
+    @unittest.skipIf(
+        support.is_emscripten or support.is_wasi,
+        "musl libc issue on Emscripten, bpo-46390"
+    )
+    def test_alt_digits_nl_langinfo(self):
+        # Test nl_langinfo(ALT_DIGITS)
+        tested = False
+        for loc, (count, samples) in known_alt_digits.items():
+            with self.subTest(locale=loc):
+                try:
+                    setlocale(LC_TIME, loc)
+                    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, loc)
+                except Error:
+                    self.skipTest(f'no locale {loc!r}')
+                    continue
+                with self.subTest(locale=loc):
+                    alt_digits = nl_langinfo(locale.ALT_DIGITS)
+                    self.assertIsInstance(alt_digits, tuple)
+                    if count and not alt_digits and support.is_apple:
+                        self.skipTest(f'ALT_DIGITS is not set for locale {loc!r} on Apple platforms')
+                    self.assertEqual(len(alt_digits), count)
+                    for i in samples:
+                        self.assertEqual(alt_digits[i], samples[i])
+                    tested = True
+        if not tested:
+            self.skipTest('no suitable locales')
+
     def test_float_parsing(self):
         # Bug #1391872: Test whether float parsing is okay on European
         # locales.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-08-12-09-09.gh-issue-124969._VBQLq.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix ``locale.nl_langinfo(locale.ALT_DIGITS)``. Now it returns a tuple of up
+to 100 strings (an empty tuple on most locales). Previously it returned the
+first item of that tuple or an empty string.

Modules/_localemodule.c

@@ -608,7 +608,34 @@ _locale_nl_langinfo_impl(PyObject *module, int item)
                instead of an empty string for nl_langinfo(ERA).  */
             const char *result = nl_langinfo(item);
             result = result != NULL ? result : "";
-            return PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(result, NULL);
+            PyObject *pyresult;
+#ifdef ALT_DIGITS
+            if (item == ALT_DIGITS) {
+                /* The result is a sequence of up to 100 NUL-separated strings. */
+                const char *s = result;
+                int count = 0;
+                for (; count < 100 && *s; count++) {
+                    s += strlen(s) + 1;
+                }
+                pyresult = PyTuple_New(count);
+                if (pyresult != NULL) {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                        PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(result, NULL);
+                        if (unicode == NULL) {
+                            Py_CLEAR(pyresult);
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(pyresult, i, unicode);
+                        result += strlen(result) + 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+#endif
+            {
+                pyresult = PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(result, NULL);
+            }
+            return pyresult;
         }
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "unsupported langinfo constant");
     return NULL;