[Python-Dev] Python3 "complexity"

[Stefan Krah]

Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> One idea we're considering for Python 3.5 is to have a report of
> "ascii" on a POSIX OS imply the surrogateescape error handler (at
> least for the standard streams, and perhaps in other contexts), since
> the OS reporting the POSIX/C locale almost certainly indicates a
> configuration error rather than intentional behaviour.

On FreeBSD users apparently get the C locale by default. I don't think I've
configured anything special during the install:


freebsd-amd64# adduser
Username: testuser
Full name: 
Uid (Leave empty for default): 
Login group [testuser]: 
Login group is testuser. Invite testuser into other groups? []: 
Login class [default]: 
Shell (sh csh tcsh bash rbash nologin) [sh]: 
Home directory [/home/testuser]: 
Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): 
Use password-based authentication? [yes]: no
Lock out the account after creation? [no]: 
Username   : testuser
Password   : <disabled>
Full Name  : 
Uid        : 1003
Class      : 
Groups     : testuser 
Home       : /home/testuser
Home Mode  : 
Shell      : /bin/sh
Locked     : no
OK? (yes/no): yes
adduser: INFO: Successfully added (testuser) to the user database.
Add another user? (yes/no): no
Goodbye!
freebsd-amd64# su - testuser
$ locale
LANG=
LC_CTYPE="C"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_TIME="C"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_MONETARY="C"
LC_MESSAGES="C"
LC_ALL=


Stefan Krah