Michael Foord wrote: > On 20/01/2010 21:37, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> The only supported default encodings in Python are: >> >> Python 2.x: ASCII >> Python 3.x: UTF-8 >> > > Is this true? I thought the default encoding in Python 3 was platform > specific (i.e. cp1252 on Windows). That means files written using the > default encoding on one platform may not be read correctly on another > platform. Slightly off topic for this discussion I realise.
Yes, the above is what Python implements. However, the default encoding is only used internally when converting 8-bit strings to Unicode. When it comes to I/O there are several other encodings which can get used, e.g. stdin/out/err streams each have their own encoding (just like arbitrary file objects), OS APIs use their own encoding, etc. If no encoding is given for these, Python will try to find a reasonable default. Python 2.x and 3.x differ a lot in how this is done. As always: It's better not to rely on such defaults and explicitly provide the encoding as parameter where possible. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jan 21 2010) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
