New submission from Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com>:
Currently, `encoding="locale"` is just shortcut of `encoding=locale.getpreferredencoding(False)`. `encoding="locale"` means that "locale encoding should be used here, even if Python default encoding is changed to UTF-8". I am not sure that UTF-8 mode becomes the default or not. But some user want to use UTF-8 mode to change default encoding in their Python environments without waiting Python default encoding changed. So I think `encoding="locale"` should use real locale encoding (ACP on Windows) regardless UTF-8 mode is enabled or not. Currently, UTF-8 mode affects to `_Py_GetLocaleEncoding()`. So it is difficult that make encoding="locale" ignores UTF-8 mode. Is it safe to use `locale.getlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE)[1] or "UTF-8"`? ---------- components: Unicode messages: 415028 nosy: ezio.melotti, methane, vstinner priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Make encoding="locale" uses locale encoding even in UTF-8 mode is enabled. versions: Python 3.11 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue47000> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
