Optimizing startup by not localizing unit data

[gonvert] / src / unit_data.py

diff --git a/src/unit_data.py b/src/unit_data.py
index 5c75c57..1c33527 100644 (file)
--- a/src/unit_data.py
+++ b/src/unit_data.py
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import math
-import gettext
 
 import converters
 
-_ = gettext.gettext
+try:
+       raise ImportError()
+       import gettext
+except ImportError:
+       _ = lambda x: x
+else:
+       _ = gettext.gettext