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1# Tests the attempted automatic coercion of the C locale to a UTF-8 locale
2
3import locale
4import os
5import subprocess
6import sys
7import sysconfig
8import unittest
9from collections import namedtuple
10
11from test import support
12from test.support.script_helper import run_python_until_end
13
14
15# Set the list of ways we expect to be able to ask for the "C" locale
16EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS = ["C", "invalid.ascii"]
17
18# Set our expectation for the default encoding used in the C locale
19# for the filesystem encoding and the standard streams
20EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "ascii"
21EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "ascii"
22
23# Set our expectation for the default locale used when none is specified
24EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE = True
25
26TARGET_LOCALES = ["C.UTF-8", "C.utf8", "UTF-8"]
27
28# Apply some platform dependent overrides
29if sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
30    if support.is_android:
31        # Android defaults to using UTF-8 for all system interfaces
32        EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "utf-8"
33        EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
34    else:
35        # Linux distros typically alias the POSIX locale directly to the C
36        # locale.
37        # TODO: Once https://bugs.python.org/issue30672 is addressed, we'll be
38        #       able to check this case unconditionally
39        EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS.append("POSIX")
40elif sys.platform.startswith("aix"):
41    # AIX uses iso8859-1 in the C locale, other *nix platforms use ASCII
42    EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "iso8859-1"
43    EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "iso8859-1"
44elif sys.platform == "darwin":
45    # FS encoding is UTF-8 on macOS
46    EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
47elif sys.platform == "cygwin":
48    # Cygwin defaults to using C.UTF-8
49    # TODO: Work out a robust dynamic test for this that doesn't rely on
50    #       CPython's own locale handling machinery
51    EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE = False
52elif sys.platform == "vxworks":
53    # VxWorks defaults to using UTF-8 for all system interfaces
54    EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = "utf-8"
55    EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = "utf-8"
56
57# Note that the above expectations are still wrong in some cases, such as:
58# * Windows when PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING is set
59# * Any platform other than AIX that uses latin-1 in the C locale
60# * Any Linux distro where POSIX isn't a simple alias for the C locale
61# * Any Linux distro where the default locale is something other than "C"
62#
63# Options for dealing with this:
64# * Don't set the PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE preprocessor definition on
65#   such platforms (e.g. it isn't set on Windows)
66# * Fix the test expectations to match the actual platform behaviour
67
68# In order to get the warning messages to match up as expected, the candidate
69# order here must much the target locale order in Python/pylifecycle.c
70_C_UTF8_LOCALES = ("C.UTF-8", "C.utf8", "UTF-8")
71
72# There's no reliable cross-platform way of checking locale alias
73# lists, so the only way of knowing which of these locales will work
74# is to try them with locale.setlocale(). We do that in a subprocess
75# in setUpModule() below to avoid altering the locale of the test runner.
76#
77# If the relevant locale module attributes exist, and we're not on a platform
78# where we expect it to always succeed, we also check that
79# `locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET)` works, as if it fails, the interpreter
80# will skip locale coercion for that particular target locale
81_check_nl_langinfo_CODESET = bool(
82    sys.platform not in ("darwin", "linux") and
83    hasattr(locale, "nl_langinfo") and
84    hasattr(locale, "CODESET")
85)
86
87def _set_locale_in_subprocess(locale_name):
88    cmd_fmt = "import locale; print(locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, '{}'))"
89    if _check_nl_langinfo_CODESET:
90        # If there's no valid CODESET, we expect coercion to be skipped
91        cmd_fmt += "; import sys; sys.exit(not locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET))"
92    cmd = cmd_fmt.format(locale_name)
93    result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end("-c", cmd, PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE='')
94    return result.rc == 0
95
96
97
98_fields = "fsencoding stdin_info stdout_info stderr_info lang lc_ctype lc_all"
99_EncodingDetails = namedtuple("EncodingDetails", _fields)
100
101class EncodingDetails(_EncodingDetails):
102    # XXX (ncoghlan): Using JSON for child state reporting may be less fragile
103    CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT = ";".join([
104        "import sys, os",
105        "print(sys.getfilesystemencoding())",
106        "print(sys.stdin.encoding + ':' + sys.stdin.errors)",
107        "print(sys.stdout.encoding + ':' + sys.stdout.errors)",
108        "print(sys.stderr.encoding + ':' + sys.stderr.errors)",
109        "print(os.environ.get('LANG', 'not set'))",
110        "print(os.environ.get('LC_CTYPE', 'not set'))",
111        "print(os.environ.get('LC_ALL', 'not set'))",
112    ])
113
114    @classmethod
115    def get_expected_details(cls, coercion_expected, fs_encoding, stream_encoding, env_vars):
116        """Returns expected child process details for a given encoding"""
117        _stream = stream_encoding + ":{}"
118        # stdin and stdout should use surrogateescape either because the
119        # coercion triggered, or because the C locale was detected
120        stream_info = 2*[_stream.format("surrogateescape")]
121        # stderr should always use backslashreplace
122        stream_info.append(_stream.format("backslashreplace"))
123        expected_lang = env_vars.get("LANG", "not set")
124        if coercion_expected:
125            expected_lc_ctype = CLI_COERCION_TARGET
126        else:
127            expected_lc_ctype = env_vars.get("LC_CTYPE", "not set")
128        expected_lc_all = env_vars.get("LC_ALL", "not set")
129        env_info = expected_lang, expected_lc_ctype, expected_lc_all
130        return dict(cls(fs_encoding, *stream_info, *env_info)._asdict())
131
132    @classmethod
133    def get_child_details(cls, env_vars):
134        """Retrieves fsencoding and standard stream details from a child process
135
136        Returns (encoding_details, stderr_lines):
137
138        - encoding_details: EncodingDetails for eager decoding
139        - stderr_lines: result of calling splitlines() on the stderr output
140
141        The child is run in isolated mode if the current interpreter supports
142        that.
143        """
144        result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end(
145            "-X", "utf8=0", "-c", cls.CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT,
146            **env_vars
147        )
148        if not result.rc == 0:
149            result.fail(py_cmd)
150        # All subprocess outputs in this test case should be pure ASCII
151        stdout_lines = result.out.decode("ascii").splitlines()
152        child_encoding_details = dict(cls(*stdout_lines)._asdict())
153        stderr_lines = result.err.decode("ascii").rstrip().splitlines()
154        return child_encoding_details, stderr_lines
155
156
157# Details of the shared library warning emitted at runtime
158LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING = (
159    "Python runtime initialized with LC_CTYPE=C (a locale with default ASCII "
160    "encoding), which may cause Unicode compatibility problems. Using C.UTF-8, "
161    "C.utf8, or UTF-8 (if available) as alternative Unicode-compatible "
162    "locales is recommended."
163)
164
165# Details of the CLI locale coercion warning emitted at runtime
166CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT = (
167    "Python detected LC_CTYPE=C: LC_CTYPE coerced to {} (set another locale "
168    "or PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=0 to disable this locale coercion behavior)."
169)
170
171
172AVAILABLE_TARGETS = None
173CLI_COERCION_TARGET = None
174CLI_COERCION_WARNING = None
175
176def setUpModule():
177    global AVAILABLE_TARGETS
178    global CLI_COERCION_TARGET
179    global CLI_COERCION_WARNING
180
181    if AVAILABLE_TARGETS is not None:
182        # initialization already done
183        return
184    AVAILABLE_TARGETS = []
185
186    # Find the target locales available in the current system
187    for target_locale in _C_UTF8_LOCALES:
188        if _set_locale_in_subprocess(target_locale):
189            AVAILABLE_TARGETS.append(target_locale)
190
191    if AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
192        # Coercion is expected to use the first available target locale
193        CLI_COERCION_TARGET = AVAILABLE_TARGETS[0]
194        CLI_COERCION_WARNING = CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT.format(CLI_COERCION_TARGET)
195
196    if support.verbose:
197        print(f"AVAILABLE_TARGETS = {AVAILABLE_TARGETS!r}")
198        print(f"EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS = {EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS!r}")
199        print(f"EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING = {EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING!r}")
200        print(f"EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING = {EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING!r}")
201        print(f"EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE = {EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE!r}")
202        print(f"_C_UTF8_LOCALES = {_C_UTF8_LOCALES!r}")
203        print(f"_check_nl_langinfo_CODESET = {_check_nl_langinfo_CODESET!r}")
204
205
206class _LocaleHandlingTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
207    # Base class to check expected locale handling behaviour
208
209    def _check_child_encoding_details(self,
210                                      env_vars,
211                                      expected_fs_encoding,
212                                      expected_stream_encoding,
213                                      expected_warnings,
214                                      coercion_expected):
215        """Check the C locale handling for the given process environment
216
217        Parameters:
218            expected_fs_encoding: expected sys.getfilesystemencoding() result
219            expected_stream_encoding: expected encoding for standard streams
220            expected_warning: stderr output to expect (if any)
221        """
222        result = EncodingDetails.get_child_details(env_vars)
223        encoding_details, stderr_lines = result
224        expected_details = EncodingDetails.get_expected_details(
225            coercion_expected,
226            expected_fs_encoding,
227            expected_stream_encoding,
228            env_vars
229        )
230        self.assertEqual(encoding_details, expected_details)
231        if expected_warnings is None:
232            expected_warnings = []
233        self.assertEqual(stderr_lines, expected_warnings)
234
235
236class LocaleConfigurationTests(_LocaleHandlingTestCase):
237    # Test explicit external configuration via the process environment
238
239    @classmethod
240    def setUpClass(cls):
241        # This relies on setUpModule() having been run, so it can't be
242        # handled via the @unittest.skipUnless decorator
243        if not AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
244            raise unittest.SkipTest("No C-with-UTF-8 locale available")
245
246    def test_external_target_locale_configuration(self):
247
248        # Explicitly setting a target locale should give the same behaviour as
249        # is seen when implicitly coercing to that target locale
250        self.maxDiff = None
251
252        expected_fs_encoding = "utf-8"
253        expected_stream_encoding = "utf-8"
254
255        base_var_dict = {
256            "LANG": "",
257            "LC_CTYPE": "",
258            "LC_ALL": "",
259            "PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE": "",
260        }
261        for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"):
262            for locale_to_set in AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
263                # XXX (ncoghlan): LANG=UTF-8 doesn't appear to work as
264                #                 expected, so skip that combination for now
265                # See https://bugs.python.org/issue30672 for discussion
266                if env_var == "LANG" and locale_to_set == "UTF-8":
267                    continue
268
269                with self.subTest(env_var=env_var,
270                                  configured_locale=locale_to_set):
271                    var_dict = base_var_dict.copy()
272                    var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set
273                    self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict,
274                                                       expected_fs_encoding,
275                                                       expected_stream_encoding,
276                                                       expected_warnings=None,
277                                                       coercion_expected=False)
278
279
280
281@support.cpython_only
282@unittest.skipUnless(sysconfig.get_config_var("PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE"),
283                     "C locale coercion disabled at build time")
284class LocaleCoercionTests(_LocaleHandlingTestCase):
285    # Test implicit reconfiguration of the environment during CLI startup
286
287    def _check_c_locale_coercion(self,
288                                 fs_encoding, stream_encoding,
289                                 coerce_c_locale,
290                                 expected_warnings=None,
291                                 coercion_expected=True,
292                                 **extra_vars):
293        """Check the C locale handling for various configurations
294
295        Parameters:
296            fs_encoding: expected sys.getfilesystemencoding() result
297            stream_encoding: expected encoding for standard streams
298            coerce_c_locale: setting to use for PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE
299              None: don't set the variable at all
300              str: the value set in the child's environment
301            expected_warnings: expected warning lines on stderr
302            extra_vars: additional environment variables to set in subprocess
303        """
304        self.maxDiff = None
305
306        if not AVAILABLE_TARGETS:
307            # Locale coercion is disabled when there aren't any target locales
308            fs_encoding = EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING
309            stream_encoding = EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING
310            coercion_expected = False
311            if expected_warnings:
312                expected_warnings = [LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING]
313
314        base_var_dict = {
315            "LANG": "",
316            "LC_CTYPE": "",
317            "LC_ALL": "",
318            "PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE": "",
319        }
320        base_var_dict.update(extra_vars)
321        if coerce_c_locale is not None:
322            base_var_dict["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = coerce_c_locale
323
324        # Check behaviour for the default locale
325        with self.subTest(default_locale=True,
326                          PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=coerce_c_locale):
327            if EXPECT_COERCION_IN_DEFAULT_LOCALE:
328                _expected_warnings = expected_warnings
329                _coercion_expected = coercion_expected
330            else:
331                _expected_warnings = None
332                _coercion_expected = False
333            # On Android CLI_COERCION_WARNING is not printed when all the
334            # locale environment variables are undefined or empty. When
335            # this code path is run with environ['LC_ALL'] == 'C', then
336            # LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING is printed.
337            if (support.is_android and
338                    _expected_warnings == [CLI_COERCION_WARNING]):
339                _expected_warnings = None
340            self._check_child_encoding_details(base_var_dict,
341                                               fs_encoding,
342                                               stream_encoding,
343                                               _expected_warnings,
344                                               _coercion_expected)
345
346        # Check behaviour for explicitly configured locales
347        for locale_to_set in EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_EQUIVALENTS:
348            for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"):
349                with self.subTest(env_var=env_var,
350                                  nominal_locale=locale_to_set,
351                                  PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=coerce_c_locale):
352                    var_dict = base_var_dict.copy()
353                    var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set
354                    # Check behaviour on successful coercion
355                    self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict,
356                                                       fs_encoding,
357                                                       stream_encoding,
358                                                       expected_warnings,
359                                                       coercion_expected)
360
361    def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_set(self):
362        # This should coerce to the first available target locale by default
363        self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8", coerce_c_locale=None)
364
365    def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_zero(self):
366        # *Any* string other than "0" is considered "set" for our purposes
367        # and hence should result in the locale coercion being enabled
368        for setting in ("", "1", "true", "false"):
369            self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8", coerce_c_locale=setting)
370
371    def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_warn(self):
372        # PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=warn enables runtime warnings for legacy locales
373        self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", "utf-8",
374                                      coerce_c_locale="warn",
375                                      expected_warnings=[CLI_COERCION_WARNING])
376
377
378    def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_zero(self):
379        # The setting "0" should result in the locale coercion being disabled
380        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
381                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
382                                      coerce_c_locale="0",
383                                      coercion_expected=False)
384        # Setting LC_ALL=C shouldn't make any difference to the behaviour
385        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
386                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
387                                      coerce_c_locale="0",
388                                      LC_ALL="C",
389                                      coercion_expected=False)
390
391    def test_LC_ALL_set_to_C(self):
392        # Setting LC_ALL should render the locale coercion ineffective
393        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
394                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
395                                      coerce_c_locale=None,
396                                      LC_ALL="C",
397                                      coercion_expected=False)
398        # And result in a warning about a lack of locale compatibility
399        self._check_c_locale_coercion(EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_FS_ENCODING,
400                                      EXPECTED_C_LOCALE_STREAM_ENCODING,
401                                      coerce_c_locale="warn",
402                                      LC_ALL="C",
403                                      expected_warnings=[LEGACY_LOCALE_WARNING],
404                                      coercion_expected=False)
405
406    def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_one(self):
407        # skip the test if the LC_CTYPE locale is C or coerced
408        old_loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, None)
409        self.addCleanup(locale.setlocale, locale.LC_CTYPE, old_loc)
410        try:
411            loc = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, "")
412        except locale.Error as e:
413            self.skipTest(str(e))
414        if loc == "C":
415            self.skipTest("test requires LC_CTYPE locale different than C")
416        if loc in TARGET_LOCALES :
417            self.skipTest("coerced LC_CTYPE locale: %s" % loc)
418
419        # bpo-35336: PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=1 must not coerce the LC_CTYPE locale
420        # if it's not equal to "C"
421        code = 'import locale; print(locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, None))'
422        env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE='1')
423        cmd = subprocess.run([sys.executable, '-c', code],
424                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
425                             env=env,
426                             text=True)
427        self.assertEqual(cmd.stdout.rstrip(), loc)
428
429
430def test_main():
431    support.run_unittest(
432        LocaleConfigurationTests,
433        LocaleCoercionTests
434    )
435    support.reap_children()
436
437if __name__ == "__main__":
438    test_main()
439