From 4ba7e9373fa87a7dd9d32a3e2bfd16134d93eb29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisgarrity <chrisg@media.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:52:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add function to return the current VM/blocks locale

---
 src/virtual-machine.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/virtual-machine.js b/src/virtual-machine.js
index d73d8ce7e..d2e5f929e 100644
--- a/src/virtual-machine.js
+++ b/src/virtual-machine.js
@@ -927,6 +927,14 @@ class VirtualMachine extends EventEmitter {
         return this.extensionManager.refreshBlocks();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * get the current locale for the VM
+     * @returns {string} the current locale in the VM
+     */
+    getLocale () {
+        return formatMessage.setup().locale;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Handle a Blockly event for the current editing target.
      * @param {!Blockly.Event} e Any Blockly event.