Issue 671666: Make the default encoding provided on Windows (original) (raw)

This issue has been migrated to GitHub: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/37810

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Created on 2003-01-21 08:36 by suzuki_hisao, last changed 2022-04-10 16:06 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg42509 - (view)	Author: SUZUKI Hisao (suzuki_hisao)	Date: 2003-01-21 08:36
On Windows, some default encodings are not provided by Python (e.g. "cp932" in Japanese locale), while they are always available as "mbcs" in each locale. This patch ensures them usable in a very efficient way by aliasing them to "mbcs" in such a case. Note that IDLE does not start up on Windows unless the default encoding is provided. The patch makes IDLE operable all over the (Windows) world ;-).
msg42510 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2003-01-21 22:04
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 I'm rejecting this patch. The factory system default encoding of Python is ASCII, on all platforms (atleast, it should be this way; MacOS currently deviates). I cannot reproduce the IDLE problem; IDLE starts without that patch just fine.
msg42511 - (view)	Author: SUZUKI Hisao (suzuki_hisao)	Date: 2003-01-28 05:49
Logged In: YES user_id=495142 I can reproduce the IDLE problem on my Windows 2000 in Japanese locale. I hope you will confirm it by asking your friends in Japan or other countries. I am afraid you missed the point. The patch does NOT change the default encoding of Python itself. It is ASCII still. It only makes the encoding of locale.getdefaultlocale()[1] be PROVIDED. Please read that short patch.
msg42512 - (view)	Author: Tim Peters (tim.peters) *	Date: 2003-02-21 02:10
Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Assigning to Martin, in the hopes they can work out their differences.
msg42513 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2003-03-03 09:45
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 I missed the point of this patch, indeed. Applied as site.py 1.48.