From 59847835937f1a637f4b8757c7deba281b5b93ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:48:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] In Lib/locale.py, setlocale emulation, use != and not is not
 to compare strings

---
 Lib/locale.py | 2 +-
 Misc/NEWS     | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index 401c712104aa..fe3b61d94697 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ except ImportError:
             Activates/queries locale processing.
         """
         if value is not None and \
-           value is not 'C':
+           value != 'C':
             raise Error, '_locale emulation only supports "C" locale'
         return 'C'
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 93adb2d54c29..c9348c214659 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=<id>&group_id=5470&atid
 
 - Patch #130117: add a prototype required to compile cleanly on IRIX
 
+- In Lib/locale.py, setlocale emulation, use != and not is not to compare
+  strings
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.0?
 =========================
 
-- 
2.47.3