[Python-Dev] deleting setdefaultencoding iin site.py is evil

[Robert Kern]

On 2009-08-25 12:37 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> In retrospect, it should have been called sys._setdefaultencoding().
> That sends an extra signal that it's not meant for general use.

Considering all of the sys._getframe() hacks out there, I suspect that this 
would encourage more abuse of the function than the current situation.

-- 
Robert Kern

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  an underlying truth."
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