[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

Florent Xicluna added the comment: annoying stuff, indeed... $ python -c 'print u"La cl\xe9: "' La clé: $ python -c 'raw_input(u"La cl\xe9: ")' Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe9' in position 5: ordinal no

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

INADA Naoki added the comment: >What do you mean by "mainstream"? Python3 is available in Ubuntu (since >Karmic), Fedora 13, Mandriva 2010.0, Gentoo, Debian (only Sid for now), ... It means most of Pythonista uses Python3 rather than Python2 and most of libraries supports Python3. Currently,

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

STINNER Victor added the comment: > I hope that Python3 will be mainstream soon. What do you mean by "mainstream"? Python3 is available in Ubuntu (since Karmic), Fedora 13, Mandriva 2010.0, Gentoo, Debian (only Sid for now), ... -- ___ Python track

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

Changes by Benjamin Peterson : -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing l

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

INADA Naoki added the comment: I agree to close this bug without fix. I hope that Python3 will be mainstream soon. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

STINNER Victor added the comment: "and that this issue should be closed (as wontfix)." ... because this issue has no patch and we are close to 2.7rc1 (and 2.7 should be the last major version of the 3.x branch). -- ___ Python tracker

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

STINNER Victor added the comment: The bug is fixed in Python3. I would like to say that you should use Python3 (which has a much better unicode support) instead of Python2 to get such feature, and that this issue should be closed (as wontfix). -- nosy: +haypo

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: I agree that would be nice, but it's usefulness would also be limited by the fact that raw_input always returns a normal string. -- nosy: +benjamin.peterson priority: -> normal ___ Python tracker

[issue7768] raw_input should encode unicode prompt with std.stdout.encoding.

New submission from Naoki INADA : raw_input and input should take unicode prompt and encode with sys.stdout.encoding like print or input in py3k. >>> u = u"あいう" >>> print u あいう >>> x = raw_input(u) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't