Message 119440 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

This problem causes {{{os.getcwdu()}}} to fail when the console code page is set to 65001 (always, I think): {{{ t:>ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]

t:>chcp Active code page: 65001

t:>python -c "import os; print os.getcwdu()" Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in LookupError: unknown encoding: cp65001

t:>chcp 1252 Active code page: 1252

t:>python -c "import os; print os.getcwdu()" t:
}}}

Incidentally, I don't agree that this codepage needs to be distinguished from UTF-8. The deviations in the Microsoft codec are just their bugs. There is only one correct way to encode/decode UTF-8, and cp65001 is supposed to be UTF-8 according to Microsoft (e.g. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/86hf4sb8%28en-US,VS.80%29.aspx ).