FWIW, using the ascii function does have the problem that Unicose characters will be escaped, even if the terminal could have handled them perfectly fine.
-- Ryan (ライアン) Yoko Shimomura > ryo (supercell/EGOIST) > Hiroyuki Sawano >> everyone else http://refi64.com On Mar 26, 2017 9:07 AM, "Nick Coghlan" <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 March 2017 at 18:31, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > print(msg) calls sys.stdout.write(msg): write() expects text, not bytes. > I > > dislike the idea of putting encoding options in print. It's too specific. > > What if tomorrow you replace print() with file.write()? Do you want to > add > > errors there too? > > > > No, it's better to write own formatter function as shown in a previous > > email. > > While I agree with that, folks that are thinking in terms of errors > handlers for str.encode may not immediately jump to using the > `ascii()` builtin or the "%a" or "!a" format specifiers, and if you > don't use those existing tools, you have the hassle of deciding where > to put your custom helper function. > > Perhaps it would be worth noting in the table of error handlers at > https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#error-handlers that > backslashreplace is used by the `ascii()` builtin and the associated > format specifiers, as well as noting the format specifiers in the > documentation of the builtin function? > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > Python-ideas@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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