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Expose C library's gettext. Fixes #516412.

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Martin v. Löwis 2002-03-27 18:49:02 +00:00
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@ -467,3 +467,21 @@ application doesn't want this to happen, it should remove the
\module{_locale} extension module (which does all the work) from the
table of built-in modules in the \file{config.c} file, and make sure
that the \module{_locale} module is not accessible as a shared library.
\subsection{Access to message catalogs}
The locale module exposes the C library's gettext interface on systems
that provide this interface. It consists of the functions
\function{gettext}, \function{dgettext}, \function{dcgettext},
\function{textdomain}, and \function{bindtextdomain}. These are
similar to the same functions in the \module{gettext} module, but use
the C library's binary format for message catalogs, and the C
library's search algorithms for locating message catalogs.
Python applications should normally find no need to invoke these
functions, and should use \module{gettext} instead. A known exception
to this rule are applications that link use additional C libraries
which internally invoke \function{gettext} or \function{dgettext}. For
these applications, it may be necessary to bind the text domain, so
that the libraries can properly locate their message catalogs.