[Python-ideas] Fix default encodings on Windows

[Adam Bartoš]

Stephen J. Turnbull writes:

> The exception is the proposed console changes, because there you *do*
> perform all I/O with OS APIs.  But I don't know anything about the
> Windows console except that nobody seems happy with it.
>
> I'm quite happy with it. I mean, it's far from perfect, and when you look
at discussions on Stack Overflow regarding Unicode on Windows console,
almost everyone blames Windows console, but I think that software often
doesn't communicate with it correctly. When Windows Unicode wide APIs are
used, it just works.

Adam Bartoš
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