python
diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_types.py‎
Lines changed: 11 additions & 1 deletion b/‎Lib/test/test_types.py‎
Lines changed: 11 additions & 1 deletion
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Python test set -- part 6, built-in types
 
-from test.test_support import run_unittest
+from test.test_support import run_unittest, run_with_locale
 import unittest
 import sys
+import locale
 
 class TypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -407,6 +408,15 @@ def test(i, format_spec, result):
                 self.assertEqual(value.__format__(format_spec),
                                  float(value).__format__(format_spec))
 
+    @run_with_locale('LC_NUMERIC', 'en_US.UTF8')
+    def test_float__format__locale(self):
+        # test locale support for __format__ code 'n'
+
+        for i in range(-10, 10):
+            x = 1234567890.0 * (10.0 ** i)
+            self.assertEqual(locale.format('%g', x, grouping=True), format(x, 'n'))
+            self.assertEqual(locale.format('%.10g', x, grouping=True), format(x, '.10n'))
+
     def test_float__format__(self):
         # these should be rewritten to use both format(x, spec) and
         # x.__format__(spec)