diff -r bcc3f167a30b Doc/library/locale.rst
--- a/Doc/library/locale.rst	Fri Oct 17 08:52:20 2014 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst	Fri Oct 17 11:30:41 2014 +0200
@@ -387,6 +387,12 @@
    ``str(float)``, but takes the decimal point into account.
 
 
+.. function:: delocalize(string)
+
+    Converts a string to a normalized number, following the
+    :const:'LC_NUMERIC`settings.
+
+
 .. function:: atof(string)
 
    Converts a string to a floating point number, following the :const:`LC_NUMERIC`
diff -r bcc3f167a30b Lib/locale.py
--- a/Lib/locale.py	Fri Oct 17 08:52:20 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/locale.py	Fri Oct 17 11:30:41 2014 +0200
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@
     """Convert float to integer, taking the locale into account."""
     return format("%.12g", val)
 
-def atof(string, func=float):
-    "Parses a string as a float according to the locale settings."
+def delocalize(string):
+    "Parses a string as a normalized number according to the locale settings."
     #First, get rid of the grouping
     ts = localeconv()['thousands_sep']
     if ts:
@@ -311,12 +311,15 @@
     dd = localeconv()['decimal_point']
     if dd:
         string = string.replace(dd, '.')
-    #finally, parse the string
-    return func(string)
+    return string
+
+def atof(string, func=float):
+    "Parses a string as a float according to the locale settings."
+    return func(delocalize(string))
 
 def atoi(str):
     "Converts a string to an integer according to the locale settings."
-    return atof(str, int)
+    return int(delocalize(string))
 
 def _test():
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "")