# File lib/gettext/locale_object.rb, line 108
    def initialize(language_or_locale_name, country = nil, charset = nil)
      @orig_str = language_or_locale_name
      @language, @country, @charset, @script, @variant, @modifier = 
        self.class.parse(language_or_locale_name)
      @country = country if country
      @charset = charset if charset
    end