# Tests the attempted automatic coercion of the C locale to a UTF-8 locale
import locale
import os
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import sysconfig
import unittest
from collections import namedtuple
import test.support
from test.support.script_helper import (
run_python_until_end,
interpreter_requires_environment,
)
# Set the list of ways we expect to be able to ask for the "C" locale
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS = ["C", "invalid.ascii"]
# Set our expectation for the default encoding used in the C locale
# for the filesystem encoding and the standard streams
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "ascii"
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "ascii"
# Set our expectation for the default locale used when none is specified
EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE = True
TARGET_LOCALES = ["C.UTF-8", "C.utf8", "UTF-8"]
# Apply some platform dependent overrides
if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
if test.support.is_android:
# Android defaults to using UTF-8 for all system interfaces
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "utf-8"
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
else:
# Linux distros typically alias the POSIX locale directly to the C
# locale.
# TODO: Once https://bugs.python.org/issue30672 is addressed, we'll be
# able to check this case unconditionally
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS.append("POSIX")
elif sys.platform.startswith("aix"):
# AIX uses iso8859-1 in the C locale, other *nix platforms use ASCII
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "iso8859-1"
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "iso8859-1"
elif sys.platform == "darwin":
# FS encoding is UTF-8 on macOS
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
elif sys.platform == "cygwin":
# Cygwin defaults to using C.UTF-8
# TODO: Work out a robust dynamic test for this that doesn't rely on
# CPython's own locale handling machinery
EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE = False
# Note that the above expectations are still wrong in some cases, such as:
# * Windows when PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING is set
# * Any platform other than AIX that uses latin-1 in the C locale
# * Any Linux distro where POSIX isn't a simple alias for the C locale
# * Any Linux distro where the default locale is something other than "C"
#
# Options for dealing with this:
# * Don't set the PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE preprocessor definition on
# such platforms (e.g. it isn't set on Windows)
# * Fix the test expectations to match the actual platform behaviour
# In order to get the warning messages to match up as expected, the candidate
# order here must much the target locale order in Python/pylifecycle.c
_C_UTF8_LOCALES = ("C.UTF-8", "C.utf8", "UTF-8")
# There's no reliable cross-platform way of checking locale alias
# lists, so the only way of knowing which of these locales will work
# is to try them with locale.setlocale(). We do that in a subprocess
# in setUpModule() below to avoid altering the locale of the test runner.
#
# If the relevant locale module attributes exist, and we're not on a platform
# where we expect it to always succeed, we also check that
# `locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET)` works, as if it fails, the interpreter
# will skip locale coercion for that particular target locale
_check_nl_langinfo_CODESET = bool(
sys.platform not in ("darwin", "linux") and
hasattr(locale, "nl_langinfo") and
hasattr(locale, "CODESET")
)
def _set_locale_in_subprocess(locale_name):
cmd_fmt = "import locale; print(locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, '{}'))"
if _check_nl_langinfo_CODESET:
# If there's no valid CODESET, we expect coercion to be skipped
cmd_fmt += "; import sys; sys.exit(not locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET))"
cmd = cmd_fmt.format(locale_name)
result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end("-c", cmd, PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE='')
return result.rc == 0
_fields = "fsencoding stdin_info stdout_info stderr_info lang lc_ctype lc_all"
_EncodingDetails = namedtuple("EncodingDetails", _fields)
class EncodingDetails(_EncodingDetails):
# XXX (ncoghlan): Using JSON for child state reporting may be less fragile
CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT = ";".join([
"import sys, os",
"print(sys.getfilesystemencoding())",
"print(sys.stdin.encoding + ':' + sys.stdin.errors)",
"print(sys.stdout.encoding + ':' + sys.stdout.errors)",
"print(sys.stderr.encoding + ':' + sys.stderr.errors)",
"print(os.environ.get('LANG', 'not set'))",
"print(os.environ.get('LC_CTYPE', 'not set'))",
"print(os.environ.get('LC_ALL', 'not set'))",
])
@classmethod
def get_expected_details(cls, coercion_expected, fs_encoding, stream_encoding, env_vars):
"""Returns expected child process details for a given encoding"""
_stream = stream_encoding + ":{}"
# stdin and stdout should use surrogateescape either because the
# coercion triggered, or because the C locale was detected
stream_info = 2*[_stream.format("surrogateescape")]
# stderr should always use backslashreplace
stream_info.append(_stream.format("backslashreplace"))
expected_lang = env_vars.get("LANG", "not set").lower()
if coercion_expected:
expected_lc_ctype = CLI_COERCION_TARGET.lower()
else:
expected_lc_ctype = env_vars.get("LC_CTYPE", "not set").lower()
expected_lc_all = env_vars.get("LC_ALL", "not set").lower()
env_info = expected_lang, expected_lc_ctype, expected_lc_all
return dict(cls(fs_encoding, *stream_info, *env_info)._asdict())
@staticmethod
def _handle_output_variations(data):
"""Adjust the output to handle platform specific idiosyncrasies
* Some platforms report ASCII as ANSI_X3.4-1968
* Some platforms report ASCII as US-ASCII
* Some platforms report UTF-8 instead of utf-8
"""
data = data.replace(b"ANSI_X3.4-1968", b"ascii")
data = data.replace(b"US-ASCII", b"ascii")
data = data.lower()
return data
@classmethod
def get_child_details(cls, env_vars):
"""Retrieves fsencoding and standard stream details from a child process
Returns (encoding_details, stderr_lines):
- encoding_details: EncodingDetails for eager decoding
- stderr_lines: result of calling splitlines() on the stderr output
The child is run in isolated mode if the current interpreter supports
that.
"""
result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end(
"-X", "utf8=0", "-c", cls.CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT,
**env_vars
)
if not result.rc == 0:
result.fail(py_cmd)
# All subprocess outputs in this test case should be pure ASCII
adjusted_output = cls._handle_output_variations(result.out)
stdout_lines = adjusted_output.decode("ascii").splitlines()
child_encoding_details = dict(cls(*stdout_lines)._asdict())
stderr_lines = result.err.decode("ascii").rstrip().splitlines()
return child_encoding_details, stderr_lines
# Details of the shared library warning emitted at runtime
LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING = (
"Python runtime initialized with LC_CTYPE=C (a locale with default ASCII "
"encoding), which may cause Unicode compatibility problems. Using C.UTF-8, "
"C.utf8, or UTF-8 (if available) as alternative Unicode-compatible "
"locales is recommended."
)
# Details of the CLI locale coercion warning emitted at runtime
CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT = (
"Python detected LC_CTYPE=C: LC_CTYPE coerced to {} (set another locale "
"or PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=0 to disable this locale coercion behavior)."
)
AVAILABLE_TARGETS = None
CLI_COERCION_TARGET = None
CLI_COERCION_WARNING = None
def setUpModule():
global AVAILABLE_TARGETS
global CLI_COERCION_TARGET
global CLI_COERCION_WARNING
if AVAILABLE_TARGETS is not None:
# initialization already done
return
AVAILABLE_TARGETS = []
# Find the target locales available in the current system
for target_locale in _C_UTF8_LOCALES:
if _set_locale_in_subprocess(target_locale):
AVAILABLE_TARGETS.append(target_locale)
if AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
# Coercion is expected to use the first available target locale
CLI_COERCION_TARGET = AVAILABLE_TARGETS[0]
CLI_COERCION_WARNING = CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT.format(CLI_COERCION_TARGET)
class _LocaleHandlingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
# Base class to check expected locale handling behaviour
def _check_child_encoding_details(self,
env_vars,
expected_fs_encoding,
expected_stream_encoding,
expected_warnings,
coercion_expected):
"""Check the C locale handling for the given process environment
Parameters:
expected_fs_encoding: expected sys.getfilesystemencoding() result
expected_stream_encoding: expected encoding for standard streams
expected_warning: stderr output to expect (if any)
"""
result = EncodingDetails.get_child_details(env_vars)
encoding_details, stderr_lines = result
expected_details = EncodingDetails.get_expected_details(
coercion_expected,
expected_fs_encoding,
expected_stream_encoding,
env_vars
)
self.assertEqual(encoding_details, expected_details)
if expected_warnings is None:
expected_warnings = []
self.assertEqual(stderr_lines, expected_warnings)
class LocaleConfigurationTests(_LocaleHandlingTestCase):
# Test explicit external configuration via the process environment
@classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
# This relies on setUpModule() having been run, so it can't be
# handled via the @unittest.skipUnless decorator
if not AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
raise unittest.SkipTest("No C-with-UTF-8 locale available")
def test_external_target_locale_configuration(self):
# Explicitly setting a target locale should give the same behaviour as
# is seen when implicitly coercing to that target locale
self.maxDiff = None
expected_fs_encoding = "utf-8"
expected_stream_encoding = "utf-8"
base_var_dict = {
"LANG": "",
"LC_CTYPE": "",
"LC_ALL": "",
"PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE": "",
}
for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"):
for locale_to_set in AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
# XXX (ncoghlan): LANG=UTF-8 doesn't appear to work as
# expected, so skip that combination for now
# See https://bugs.python.org/issue30672 for discussion
if env_var == "LANG" and locale_to_set == "UTF-8":
continue
with self.subTest(env_var=env_var,
configured_locale=locale_to_set):
var_dict = base_var_dict.copy()
var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set
self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict,
expected_fs_encoding,
expected_stream_encoding,
expected_warnings=None,
coercion_expected=False)
@test.support.cpython_only
@unittest.skipUnless(sysconfig.get_config_var("PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE"),
"C locale coercion disabled at build time")
class LocaleCoercionTests(_LocaleHandlingTestCase):
# Test implicit reconfiguration of the environment during CLI startup
def _check_c_locale_coercion(self,
fs_encoding, stream_encoding,
coerce_c_locale,
expected_warnings=None,
coercion_expected=True,
**extra_vars):
"""Check the C locale handling for various configurations
Parameters:
fs_encoding: expected sys.getfilesystemencoding() result
stream_encoding: expected encoding for standard streams
coerce_c_locale: setting to use for PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE
None: don't set the variable at all
str: the value set in the child's environment
expected_warnings: expected warning lines on stderr
extra_vars: additional environment variables to set in subprocess
"""
self.maxDiff = None
if not AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
# Locale coercion is disabled when there aren't any target locales
fs_encoding = EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING
stream_encoding = EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING
coercion_expected = False
if expected_warnings:
expected_warnings = [LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING]
base_var_dict = {
"LANG": "",
"LC_CTYPE": "",
"LC_ALL": "",
"PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE": "",
}
base_var_dict.update(extra_vars)
if coerce_c_locale is not None:
base_var_dict["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = coerce_c_locale
# Check behaviour for the default locale
with self.subTest(default_locale=True,
PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=coerce_c_locale):
if EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE:
_expected_warnings = expected_warnings
_coercion_expected = coercion_expected
else:
_expected_warnings = None
_coercion_expected = False
# On Android CLI_COERCION_WARNING is not printed when all the
# locale environment variables are undefined or empty. When
# this code path is run with environ['LC_ALL'] == 'C', then
# LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING is printed.
if (test.support.is_android and
_expected_warnings == [CLI_COERCION_WARNING]):
_expected_warnings = None
self._check_child_encoding_details(base_var_dict,
fs_encoding,
stream_encoding,
_expected_warnings,
_coercion_expected)
# Check behaviour for explicitly configured locales
for locale_to_set in EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS:
for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"):
with self.subTest(env_var=env_var,
nominal_locale=locale_to_set,
PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=coerce_c_locale):
var_dict = base_var_dict.copy()
var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set
# Check behaviour on successful coercion
self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict,
fs_encoding,
stream_encoding,
expected_warnings,
coercion_expected)
def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_set(self):
# This should coerce to the first available target locale by default
self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8", coerce_c_locale=None)
def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_zero(self):
# *Any* string other than "0" is considered "set" for our purposes
# and hence should result in the locale coercion being enabled
for setting in ("", "1", "true", "false"):
self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8", coerce_c_locale=setting)
def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_warn(self):
# PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=warn enables runtime warnings for legacy locales
self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8",
coerce_c_locale="warn",
expected_warnings=[CLI_COERCION_WARNING])
def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_zero(self):
# The setting "0" should result in the locale coercion being disabled
self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
coerce_c_locale="0",
coercion_expected=False)
# Setting LC_ALL=C shouldn't make any difference to the behaviour
self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
coerce_c_locale="0",
LC_ALL="C",
coercion_expected=False)
def test_LC_ALL_set_to_C(self):
# Setting LC_ALL should render the locale coercion ineffective
self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
coerce_c_locale=None,
LC_ALL="C",
coercion_expected=False)
# And result in a warning about a lack of locale compatibility
self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
coerce_c_locale="warn",
LC_ALL="C",
expected_warnings=[LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING],
coercion_expected=False)
def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_one(self):
# skip the test if the LC_CTYPE locale is C or coerced
old_loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, None)
self.addCleanup(locale.setlocale, locale.LC_CTYPE, old_loc)
loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, "")
if loc == "C":
self.skipTest("test requires LC_CTYPE locale different than C")
if loc in TARGET_LOCALES :
self.skipTest("coerced LC_CTYPE locale: %s" % loc)
# bpo-35336: PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=1 must not coerce the LC_CTYPE locale
# if it's not equal to "C"
code = 'import locale; print(locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, None))'
env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE='1')
cmd = subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-c', code],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
env=env,
text=True)
self.assertEqual(cmd.stdout.rstrip(), loc)
def test_main():
test.support.run_unittest(
LocaleConfigurationTests,
LocaleCoercionTests
)
test.support.reap_children()
if __name__ == "__main__":
test_main()