[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #16129: Add Py_SetStandardStreamEncoding (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Fri Oct 18 07:19:45 CEST 2013

Am 17.10.2013 17:36, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:22:03 +0200 (CEST) nick.coghlan <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

+.. c:function:: int PySetStandardStreamEncoding(char *encoding, char *errors) + + .. index:: + single: PyInitialize() + single: main() + triple: stdin; stdout; sdterr + + This function should be called before :c:func:PyInitialize. It + specifies which encoding and error handling to use with standard io, + with the same meanings as in :func:str.encode. + + It overrides :envvar:PYTHONIOENCODING values, and allows embedding code + to control io encoding when the environment variable does not work. + + encoding and/or errors may be NULL to use + :envvar:PYTHONIOENCODING and/or default values (depending on other + settings). + + Note that :data:sys.stderr always uses the "backslashreplace" error + handler, regardless of this (or any other) setting. + + If :c:func:PyFinalize is called, this function will need to be called + again in order to affect subsequent calls to :c:func:PyInitialize. + + Returns 0 if successful. + + Needs a versionadded tag.

Also, shouldn't it be excluded from the stable/limited API?

Georg

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