Using directory locale with __init__.py

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Django developers,

I had an exception because of using a directory locale with __init__.py, but I followed Django, which also uses a directory locale with __init__.py. It seems that there is a module locale in Python that can't be used with a local directory locale.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/49237311/1412564

https://github.com/django/django/tree/master/django/conf/locale

Do you think it's a good idea to use a directory locale with __init__.py?

This is the error message I received:

$ python tests_manage.py test
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "tests_manage.py", line 14, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "E:\Uri\Speedy_Net\Git\speedy-net-public\.venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "E:\Uri\Speedy_Net\Git\speedy-net-public\.venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 334, in execute
    parser = CommandParser(usage='%(prog)s subcommand [options] [args]', add_help=False, allow_abbrev=False)
  File "E:\Uri\Speedy_Net\Git\speedy-net-public\.venv\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 50, in __init__
    super().__init__(**kwargs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\argparse.py", line 1637, in __init__
    self._positionals = add_group(_('positional arguments'))
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\gettext.py", line 612, in gettext
    return dgettext(_current_domain, message)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\gettext.py", line 575, in dgettext
    codeset=_localecodesets.get(domain))
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\gettext.py", line 510, in translation
    mofiles = find(domain, localedir, languages, all=True)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\gettext.py", line 482, in find
    for nelang in _expand_lang(lang):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python36\lib\gettext.py", line 206, in _expand_lang
    loc = locale.normalize(loc)
AttributeError: module 'locale' has no attribute 'normalize'
(.venv)

אורי

u...@speedy.net

[Adam Johnson]

Do you think it's a good idea to use a directory locale with __init__.py?

No, because as you've found it masks the locale stdlib module.

I prefer placing my entire django project within one package, this would allow you to have the locale directory as a submodule:

myproject/

  core/

    models.py

  locale/

    __init__.py

...

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