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Title: Make the default encoding provided on Windows
Type: Stage:
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: accepted
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: loewis Nosy List: loewis, suzuki_hisao, tim.peters
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

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) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-01-21 22:04 
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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 
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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) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-02-21 02:10 
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Assigning to Martin, in the hopes they can work out their 
differences.
msg42513 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-03-03 09:45 
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I missed the point of this patch, indeed. Applied as site.py
1.48.
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2022-04-10 16:06:09adminsetgithub: 37810
2003-01-21 08:36:30suzuki_hisaocreate