latin1 encoding as default?

[Helmut Jarausch]

HI,

is there a means to configure Python such that I
can enter string constants in latin1-encoding?
I've tried to set encoding='latin1' in site.py
but it didn't accept characters like
ä - I get unsupported characters in input.

(This is cvs python 05/24)

Thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany