python -i

[Steffen Ries]

epchaves at yahoo.com.br writes:

> Hi:
> 
> My script are:
> 
> __________________
> import string
> 
> a = string.lower("ÇÇÇÀÀÀAAA")
> print a
> 
> ____________________
> 
> if i do: python -i myfile.py
> 	 the output is OK: çççàààaaa
> 
> but if i do: python myfile.py
> 	the output isn't the expected: ÇÇÇÀÀÀaaa
> 
> Why?

You have to call 'locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "")' to make python
work with non-ascii encodings.

For some reason it would seem, that this happens automatically when
you start python interactively...

hth,
/steffen
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