Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: If str.encode() raises a decoding exception, this is a programming bug. It would be bad to hide it.
FYI, the default encoding is not hardcoded 'ascii'. Google "Changing default encoding in Python". Maybe this will help in your program. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26369> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
