[Python-Dev] PEP 263 -- Python Source Code Encoding (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:42:09 -0500

> (I'd still prefer it the other way around, where you have to specify > an explicit option to make the default equal to the locale rather than > ASCII, but I can see the other side. Sigh.)

Let's put it this way: the interpreter's default encoding has to be changed explicitly by the sys admin (in sitecustomize.py), so the decision to take e.g. a locale specific default encoding is one which the admin maintaining the installation has to make (with all the consequences that go with it).

OK. I missed that part -- I thought that it would look in the locale by default.

Per default, the default encoding is ASCII, so I don't think we really need an extra option.

Agreed.

Hmm, could be that python -S already implies this, BTW...

:-)

checking this reveils that even sys.setdefaultencoding() remains available if -S is used. Perhaps we should remove the API with -S too ?!

I don't think so. It should be left in, caveat emptor.

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