21.2.3 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
gettext(), dgettext(), dcgettext(),
textdomain(), bindtextdomain(), and
bind_textdomain_codeset(). These are similar to the same
functions in the 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 gettext instead. A known
exception to this rule are applications that link use additional C
libraries which internally invoke gettext() or
dcgettext(). For these applications, it may be necessary to
bind the text domain, so that the libraries can properly locate their
message catalogs.
Release 2.5.2, documentation updated on 21st February, 2008.
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