--- test_locale-orig.py/test_locale.py	2009-04-01 09:12:00.000000000 +0530
+++ test_locale.py	2009-09-17 22:50:44.000000000 +0530
@@ -323,7 +323,14 @@
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, locale.strcoll, "a", None)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, locale.strcoll, b"a", None)
 
-
+        def test_parse_localename(self):
+            # test various localename parsing.  Bug #6895
+            self.assertEqual(locale._parse_localename("ml_IN"), ("ml_IN", None))            
+            self.assertEqual(locale._parse_localename("hi_IN"), ("hi_IN", "ISCII-DEV"))            
+            self.assertEqual(locale._parse_localename("hi_IN.UTF-8"), ("hi_IN", "UTF8"))            
+            self.assertEqual(locale._parse_localename("C"), (None, None))            
+            self.assertEqual(locale._parse_localename("en_GB@euro"), ("en_GB", "ISO8859-15"))            
+            
 def test_main():
     tests = [
         TestMiscellaneous,