def enable_lazy():
    """Convenience function for configuring _() to use lazy gettext

    Call this at the start of execution to enable the gettextutils._
    function to use lazy gettext functionality. This is useful if
    your project is importing _ directly instead of using the
    gettextutils.install() way of importing the _ function.
    """
    global USE_LAZY
    USE_LAZY = True
