Ben Finney wrote: >> >> Exactly the opposite , if python don't know the encoding should not >> >> try decode to ASCII. > > Are you advocating that Python should refuse to write characters unless > the encoding is specified? I could sympathise with that, but currently > that's not what Python does; instead it defaults to the ASCII codec.
could be a solution ;) or a smarter default based on LANG for example (as many GNU does). -- Sérgio M. B. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
