def get_plural(locale=LC_CTYPE):
 locale = Locale.parse(locale)
 try:
  tup = PLURALS[str(locale)]
 except KeyError:
  try:
   tup = PLURALS[locale.language]
  except KeyError:
   tup = DEFAULT_PLURAL
 return _PluralTuple(tup)

def get_plural ( locale = LC_CTYPE ) : locale = Locale . parse ( locale ) try : tup = PLURALS [ str ( locale ) ] except KeyError : try : tup = PLURALS [ locale . language ] except KeyError : tup = DEFAULT_PLURAL return _PluralTuple ( tup )
a tuple with the information catalogs need to perform proper pluralization .