On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I was reading this: http://diveintopython.org/xml_processing/unicode.html > > and tried the exercise: > <snip> > But oddly enough, when I typed it into my python shell I did NOT get the > UnicodeError, and I wonder why not: > I believe that python is checking the encoding for stdout. Try this: print sys.stdout.encoding When you attempt to print a unicode string, python will attempt to encode it based on what it autodetected about your terminal. -- Jerry
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