Fix _connect() hang on Linux and Python 2.7 #87
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As tested on 3 PC (Ubuntu 14.04, 15.04, 15.10 x86_64) in virtualenv, Python 2.7.10, getdefaultlocale() blocks forever in a thread different from main. Let's cache it since it is unlikely to change at runtime.
UPDATE: tested on MacOSX, same hanging.