collate/__init__.py

   1 import locale
   2
   3 import collate.errors
   4
   5 try:
   6     import collate.syslocale as default
   7     import collate.uca as default
   8     import collate.icu as default
   9 except ImportError:
  10     pass
  11
  12 collator = None
  13
  14 def set_locale(locale_code, strict=False):
  15     global collator
  16
  17     if collator is None or collator.locale != locale_code:
  18         try:
  19             collator = default.Collator(locale_code, strict)
  20         except collate.errors.InvalidLocaleError:
  21             if strict:
  22                 raise
  23             else:
  24                 default_locale = locale.getdefaultlocale()[0]
  25                 try:
  26                     collator = default.Collator(default_locale, strict)
  27                 except collate.errors.InvalidLocaleError:
  28                     if not collator:
  29                         raise
  30
  31 def get_locale():
  32     return collator.locale
  33
  34 def set_backend(backend, strict=False):
  35     pass
  36
  37 def key(string):
  38     return collator.key(string)
  39
  40 set_locale(locale.getdefaultlocale()[0])