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  I have to incorporate glib code, otherwise what happens if
glib is not installed? It is my intention that the current
behaviour *never* be preserved.
  Well, that's not exactly an accurate statement.  What I
mean is that str() and float() should keep the current
C-locale behaviour.  
  However, underneath these python functions we could have
LC_NUMERIC set something other than 'C'.  This is vital for
some modules, like GTK+, that depend on LC_NUMERIC to be set
the locale dependent value, otherwise it behaves different
from what the user expects.