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Expand Up @@ -1606,13 +1606,14 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
that can be specified in format strings.

.. note::
When formatting a number (:class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`float`
and subclasses) with the ``n`` type (ex: ``'{:n}'.format(1234)``), the
function sets temporarily the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC``
locale to decode ``decimal_point`` and ``thousands_sep`` fields of
:c:func:`localeconv` if they are non-ASCII or longer than 1 byte, and the
``LC_NUMERIC`` locale is different than the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale. This
temporary change affects other threads.
When formatting a number (:class:`int`, :class:`float`, :class:`complex`,
:class:`decimal.Decimal` and subclasses) with the ``n`` type
(ex: ``'{:n}'.format(1234)``), the function temporarily sets the
``LC_CTYPE`` locale to the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale to decode
``decimal_point`` and ``thousands_sep`` fields of :c:func:`localeconv` if
they are non-ASCII or longer than 1 byte, and the ``LC_NUMERIC`` locale is
different than the ``LC_CTYPE`` locale. This temporary change affects
other threads.

.. versionchanged:: 3.7
When formatting a number with the ``n`` type, the function sets
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