diff --git a/testdata/testinput3 b/testdata/testinput3
index 3010f01..2e1fbf5 100644
--- a/testdata/testinput3
+++ b/testdata/testinput3
@@ -62,39 +62,43 @@
 
 /\w/I,locale=fr_FR
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i,locale=fr_FR
+# All remaining tests are in the fr_FR locale, so set the default.
+
+#pattern locale=fr_FR
+
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i
     École
     école
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/locale=fr_FR
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/
     École
     *** Failers 
     école
 
-/\W+/locale=fr_FR
+/\W+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
 
-/[\W]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\W]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
 
-/[^[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[^[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
 
-/\w+/locale=fr_FR
+/\w+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
 
-/[\w]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\w]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
 
-/[[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
     >>>\xba<<< 
     
-/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB,locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB
 
 # End of testinput3 
diff --git a/testdata/testoutput3 b/testdata/testoutput3
index 54fbd48..20e585c 100644
--- a/testdata/testoutput3
+++ b/testdata/testoutput3
@@ -105,13 +105,17 @@ Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
 No last code unit
 Subject length lower bound = 1
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i,locale=fr_FR
+# All remaining tests are in the fr_FR locale, so set the default.
+
+#pattern locale=fr_FR
+
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i
     École
  0: É
     école
  0: é
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/locale=fr_FR
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/
     École
  0: É
     *** Failers 
@@ -119,43 +123,43 @@ No match
     école
 No match
 
-/\W+/locale=fr_FR
+/\W+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[\W]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\W]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[^[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[^[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/\w+/locale=fr_FR
+/\w+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[\w]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\w]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
     
-/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB,locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
         Bra
         [A-Za-z\xaa\xb5\xba\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xf6\xf8-\xff]
diff --git a/testdata/testoutput3A b/testdata/testoutput3A
index 9501b05..77cc240 100644
--- a/testdata/testoutput3A
+++ b/testdata/testoutput3A
@@ -105,13 +105,17 @@ Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
 No last code unit
 Subject length lower bound = 1
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i,locale=fr_FR
+# All remaining tests are in the fr_FR locale, so set the default.
+
+#pattern locale=fr_FR
+
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i
     École
  0: É
     école
  0: é
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/locale=fr_FR
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/
     École
  0: É
     *** Failers 
@@ -119,43 +123,43 @@ No match
     école
 No match
 
-/\W+/locale=fr_FR
+/\W+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[\W]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\W]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[^[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[^[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/\w+/locale=fr_FR
+/\w+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[\w]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\w]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
     
-/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB,locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
         Bra
         [A-Za-z\xaa\xb5\xba\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xf6\xf8-\xff]
diff --git a/testdata/testoutput3B b/testdata/testoutput3B
index 3b0b603..7455c6a 100644
--- a/testdata/testoutput3B
+++ b/testdata/testoutput3B
@@ -105,13 +105,17 @@ Starting code units: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
 No last code unit
 Subject length lower bound = 1
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i,locale=fr_FR
+# All remaining tests are in the fr_FR locale, so set the default.
+
+#pattern locale=fr_FR
+
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/i
     École
  0: É
     école
  0: é
 
-/^[\xc8-\xc9]/locale=fr_FR
+/^[\xc8-\xc9]/
     École
  0: É
     *** Failers 
@@ -119,43 +123,43 @@ No match
     école
 No match
 
-/\W+/locale=fr_FR
+/\W+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[\W]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\W]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/[^[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[^[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: >>>
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: >>>
 
-/\w+/locale=fr_FR
+/\w+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[\w]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[\w]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
 
-/[[:alpha:]]+/locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]]+/
     >>>\xaa<<<
  0: ª
     >>>\xba<<< 
  0: º
     
-/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB,locale=fr_FR
+/[[:alpha:]][[:lower:]][[:upper:]]/IB
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
         Bra
         [A-Za-z\x83\x8a\x8c\x8e\x9a\x9c\x9e\x9f\xaa\xb5\xba\xc0-\xd6\xd8-\xf6\xf8-\xff]