Re: [Pyobjc-dev] depythonify_c_value rejects non-ascii, non-unicode strings

[Ronald O. <ous...@ci...>]

On 21 jan 2004, at 20:38, Marc-Antoine Parent wrote:

>>> Too bad that sitecustomize.py cannot in the same directory as a 
>>> script (dirname(sys.argv[0] is added after site.py finishes). BTW. 
>>> does anyone know why sys.setdefaultencoding is removed in site.py? 
>>> E.g. why is it good that users cannot change the default encoding 
>>> after the interpreter has initialized?
>>
>> sys.setdefaultencoding is probably removed in site.py for the same 
>> reason you don't like global switches.. someone could 
>> sys.setdefaultencoding in a module that you use, for example.
>
> The fact that setdefaultencoding can only be set at startup is a major 
> limitation, and the reason that I argue for a separate value in the 
> bridge.
>

And the fact that setdefaultencoding exists and is removed early during 
startup is an important reason for not adding a simular function to 
PyObjC.

If you really want to change the encoding after startup you should 
probably file a bugreport for Python, or ask around on 
comp.lang.python.

BTW. If you build .app bundles you can completely replace the site.py 
inside your application

Ronald