[issue22557] Locale import is too slow

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- title: Local import is too slow -> Locale import is too slow ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue22557] Locale import is too slow

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka: Locale import is too slow in comparison with caching module in a global or even in sys.modules. >>> import timeit >>> def f(): ... import locale ... >>> min(timeit.repeat(f, number=10, repeat=10)) 0.450120013341 >>> _locale = None >>> def g():