Re: [TCLCORE] Propose reverting [encoding system] on Windows

[Jan N. <jan...@gm...>]

Op vr 5 jul 2024 om 22:27 schreef Kevin Walzer:

> I still believe it’s best to stick with this now and not revert the
> manifest. My reasoning is that the most opportune moment for this kind of
> disruptive change is now, when all the other disruptive changes are being
> introduced. And I also think there is value in Tcl being ahead of all the
> other languages—for once.
>

+1

That said, there is currently a bug in the handling of "info hostname"
on windows: I would expect this command to give the same answer,
independent of the "encoding system" setting. That's currently not
the case. It should be possible to set "encoding system cp1252",
even in Tcl 9.0, to change back the system encoding.

We can handle this simply as a bug to be solved. This
"info hostname" is the only bug of this type I'm aware of.
I don't think this is urgent enough to delay 9.0b3 for.....

Regards,
      Jan Nijtmans