Message 23590 - Python tracker

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The LANG (and other similar OS environment variables) define
what the user wishes to see being used as locale in the
applications that are started in that environment. See the
setlocale man page for details.

On some OSes such as Windows these settings are stored
differently, which is why the locale module has provisions
for finding these settings (thanks to Fredrik).