Give clearer information about platform-specific differences on the locale page
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Description
The locale module has various limitations and differences depending on the platform. Most notably, Windows lacks some functionality.
It would be helpful to add a note about this in the opening section.
Also, nl_langinfo is not available on Windows and the sentence about "not available on all systems" is lost in the first paragraph. I suggest making it a Note and doing the same for the other places where platform differences/limitations are noted.
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- gh-118217
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Research direction
Start with the locale module documentation page and inspect its opening section and the passages describing platform differences. Review the nl_langinfo entry and the other notes about limitations, then make the platform-specific information consistently visible as notes. Done means Windows limitations and availability differences are clear throughout the page.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100