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+"""Provide class for testing in French locale
+
+"""
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
+
+import sys
+import locale
+
+from numpy.testing import SkipTest
+
+__ALL__ = ['CommaDecimalPointLocale']
+
+
+def find_comma_decimal_point_locale():
+    """See if platform has a decimal point as comma locale.
+
+    Find a locale that uses a comma instead of a period as the
+    decimal point.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    old_locale: str
+        Locale when the function was called.
+    new_locale: {str, None)
+        First French locale found, None if none found.
+
+    """
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        locales = ['FRENCH']
+    else:
+        locales = ['fr_FR', 'fr_FR.UTF-8', 'fi_FI', 'fi_FI.UTF-8']
+
+    old_locale = locale.getlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC)
+    new_locale = None
+    try:
+        for loc in locales:
+            try:
+                locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, loc)
+                new_locale = loc
+                break
+            except locale.Error:
+                pass
+    finally:
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, locale=old_locale)
+    return old_locale, new_locale
+
+
+class CommaDecimalPointLocale(object):
+    """Sets LC_NUMERIC to a locale with comma as decimal point.
+
+    Classes derived from this class have setup and teardown methods that run
+    tests with locale.LC_NUMERIC set to a locale where commas (',') are used as
+    the decimal point instead of periods ('.'). On exit the locale is restored
+    to the initial locale. It also serves as context manager with the same
+    effect. If no such locale is available, it raises SkipTest in both cases.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.15.0
+
+    """
+    (cur_locale, tst_locale) = find_comma_decimal_point_locale()
+
+    def setup(self):
+        if self.tst_locale is None:
+            raise SkipTest("No French locale available")
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, locale=self.tst_locale)
+
+    def teardown(self):
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, locale=self.cur_locale)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        if self.tst_locale is None:
+            raise SkipTest("No French locale available")
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, locale=self.tst_locale)
+
+    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
+        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, locale=self.cur_locale)