Handle locale unsupported error

devRD · devRD · commit dd784c9db29a · 2023-02-16T12:48:11.000+05:30
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_ticker.py
@@ -1449,14 +1449,11 @@ def test_latex(self, is_latex, usetex, expected):
             assert fmt.format_pct(50, 100) == expected
 
 
+@pytest.mark.xfail(locale != "fy_DE.UTF-8",
+                   reason="Locale 'fy_DE.UTF-8' is not supported")
 def test_locale_comma():
-    import locale
-
     currentLocale = locale.getlocale()
-    try:
-        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fy_DE.UTF-8')
-    except locale.Error as err:
-        pytest.fail("Locale 'fy_DE.UTF-8' is not supported")
+    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'fy_DE.UTF-8')
     ticks = mticker.ScalarFormatter(useMathText=True, useLocale=True)
     fmt = '$\\mathdefault{%1.1f}$'
     x = ticks._format_maybe_minus_and_locale(fmt, 0.5)
