[issue2931] optparse: various problems with unicode and gettext

[Sam Pablo Kuper]

Sam Pablo Kuper <sam.kuper at uclmail.net> added the comment:

Using non-ASCII characters in an optparse help string also causes 
UnicodeDecodeErrors. Here's the relevant part of the traceback:

File "/home/spk30/opt/ActivePython-2.5/lib/python2.5/optparse.py", line 
1655, in print_help
    file.write(self.format_help().encode(encoding, "replace"))

NB. Adding an encoding declaration at the beginning of the python 
script which used a non-ASCII character in an optparse help string 
didn't solve the problem.

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nosy: +sampablokuper
versions: +Python 2.5

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