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minor edits to locale doc (#98537)

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@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
| ``CHAR_MAX`` | Nothing is specified in this locale. |
+--------------+-----------------------------------------+
The function sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC``
The function temporarily sets the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC``
locale or the ``LC_MONETARY`` locale if locales are different and numeric or
monetary strings are non-ASCII. This temporary change affects other threads.
.. versionchanged:: 3.7
The function now sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the
The function now temporarily sets the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the
``LC_NUMERIC`` locale in some cases.
@ -227,16 +227,18 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
Get a regular expression that can be used with the regex function to
recognize a positive response to a yes/no question.
.. note::
The expression is in the syntax suitable for the :c:func:`regex` function
from the C library, which might differ from the syntax used in :mod:`re`.
.. data:: NOEXPR
Get a regular expression that can be used with the regex(3) function to
recognize a negative response to a yes/no question.
.. note::
The regular expressions for :const:`YESEXPR` and
:const:`NOEXPR` use syntax suitable for the
:c:func:`regex` function from the C library, which might
differ from the syntax used in :mod:`re`.
.. data:: CRNCYSTR
Get the currency symbol, preceded by "-" if the symbol should appear before
@ -399,7 +401,7 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
Formats a number *val* according to the current :const:`LC_NUMERIC` setting.
The format follows the conventions of the ``%`` operator. For floating point
values, the decimal point is modified if appropriate. If *grouping* is true,
values, the decimal point is modified if appropriate. If *grouping* is ``True``,
also takes the grouping into account.
If *monetary* is true, the conversion uses monetary thousands separator and
@ -417,12 +419,14 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions:
Formats a number *val* according to the current :const:`LC_MONETARY` settings.
The returned string includes the currency symbol if *symbol* is true, which is
the default. If *grouping* is true (which is not the default), grouping is done
with the value. If *international* is true (which is not the default), the
the default. If *grouping* is ``True`` (which is not the default), grouping is done
with the value. If *international* is ``True`` (which is not the default), the
international currency symbol is used.
Note that this function will not work with the 'C' locale, so you have to set a
locale via :func:`setlocale` first.
.. note::
This function will not work with the 'C' locale, so you have to set a
locale via :func:`setlocale` first.
.. function:: str(float)
@ -609,4 +613,3 @@ applications that link with additional C libraries which internally invoke
:c:func:`gettext` or :c:func:`dcgettext`. For these applications, it may be
necessary to bind the text domain, so that the libraries can properly locate
their message catalogs.