[Python-Dev] deleting setdefaultencoding iin site.py is evil (original) (raw)
Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Thu Aug 27 02:00:16 CEST 2009
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Guido van Rossum wrote:
In retrospect, it should have been called sys.setdefaultencoding(). That sends an extra signal that it's not meant for general use.
Crazy idea: how about mutating it into sys._setdefaultencoding rather than deleting it?
Chris
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