diff -r c229a1540701 Lib/locale.py
--- a/Lib/locale.py	Fri Feb 01 17:56:30 2008 +0100
+++ b/Lib/locale.py	Fri Feb 01 19:43:30 2008 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 """
 
 import sys, encodings, encodings.aliases
+import functools
 from builtins import str as _builtin_str
 
 # Try importing the _locale module.
@@ -87,6 +88,24 @@ except ImportError:
             Returns a string that behaves for cmp locale-aware.
         """
         return s
+
+
+#
+# _locale.localeconv() does not have any knowledge of the current encoding,
+# so we wrap it here to re-encode the various strings contained in the result.
+#
+_localeconv = localeconv
+
+@functools.wraps(_localeconv)
+def localeconv():
+    d = _localeconv()
+    enc = getlocale(LC_MONETARY)[1]
+    # enc may be None
+    if enc:
+        for k, v in d.items():
+            if isinstance(v, _builtin_str):
+                d[k] = v.encode('latin_1').decode(enc, 'replace')
+    return d
 
 ### Number formatting APIs