On 26.01.2021 09:24, Inada Naoki wrote: > And we can provide two versions of Python for Windows. > > * "Python (UTF-8 version)" will enable the UTF-8 mode by default. > * "Python (ANSI version)" will disable the UTF-8 mode by default. > > User can override the default by `-Xutf8` option and `PYTHONUTF8` > environment variable. > > Does this idea make sense?
Just a word of warning: ANSI version in the Windows world usually means "this application doesn't support Unicode", so you'd probably not want to use this term. Overall, I think the approach with two different binaries is not going work well. Users will get confused and many problems will arise due to users installing the wrong version for the apps they use. We already let them choose between 64-bit and 32-bit and embedded vs. installer. Some may understand the consequences of installing a 32-bit version on a 64-bit OS, but I suppose most don't know what "embedded" is for (including myself :-)). If you add UTF-8 vs. Locale dimensions on top, you'd create even more confusion. I think it would be better to have the Windows installers get an option to set the PYTHONUTF8 env var for the user or system-wide. This would be off initially and default to on a few years later. Note: Such a setting would also affect other Python versions on the system, so the user should take care before enabling it. Alternatively, a new env var could be used, which older Python versions don't know anything about, e.g. PYTHONWINUTF8. Python would then treat this as an alias for PYTHONUTF8. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Experts (#1, Jan 26 2021) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Support ... https://www.egenix.com/ >>> Python Product Development ... https://consulting.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: We implement business ideas - efficiently in both time and costs ::: 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 https://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ https://www.malemburg.com/ _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MSEC7KXMCVTLUBV5WOWT5AC757AQ747X/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
