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

[Michael H. <mw...@py...>]

Ronald Oussoren <ous...@ci...> writes:

> 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.

Or not.  Asking on comp.lang.python will perhaps lead to more
enlightenment; filing a bug report will get it closed.

Cheers,
mwh
(confused about the question but sure about the answer :-)

-- 
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