'''
http://bugs.python.org/issue10647
'''
import locale

# on Windows, works for 3.2, but not for 3.1.4

# use German locale to make it crash
# - might have to use "deu_deu" on Windows
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'deu_deu')
# use C locale to make it work:
#locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, 'C')
print("locale =", locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC))

from tkinter import Tk, Scrollbar, Listbox, mainloop
from tkinter.constants import RIGHT, Y, END, LEFT, BOTH

master = Tk()

scrollbar = Scrollbar(master)
scrollbar.pack(side=RIGHT, fill=Y)

listbox = Listbox(master, yscrollcommand=scrollbar.set)
#insert enough items to make it scroll
for i in range(50):
    listbox.insert(END, "hello")
listbox.pack(side=LEFT, fill=BOTH)

mainloop()