[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Robert> Because sys.stdout.encoding isn't determined by your Python
> Robert> configuration, but your terminal's.
>
> Learn something every day. I take it "646" is an alias for "ascii" (or vice
> versa)?
>
> % python
> Python 2.4.2 (#1, Feb 23 2006, 12:48:31)
> [GCC 3.4.1] on sunos5
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import sys
> >>> sys.stdout.encoding
> '646'
> >>> import codecs
> >>> codecs.lookup("646")
> (<built-in function ascii_encode>, <built-in function ascii_decode>,
> <class encodings.ascii.StreamReader at 0x819aa4c>, <class
> encodings.ascii.StreamWriter at 0x819aa1c>)
Yes. In encodings/aliases.py in the standard library:
"""
aliases = {
# Please keep this list sorted alphabetically by value !
# ascii codec
'646' : 'ascii',
"""
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Robert Kern
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth."
-- Umberto Eco
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