Why there is no "setdefaultencoding" in sys module?

[crow]

On Jul 10, 12:04 am, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:58:35 -0700, crow wrote:
> > So, my questions: why there is no setdefaultencoding in sys module? if I
> > want to change system's default encoding, what should I do?
>
> I think the answer is:
>
> Don't.
>
> If you do, you will break built-ins.
>
> http://tarekziade.wordpress.com/2008/01/08/syssetdefaultencoding-is-e...
>
> Googling will find many discussions about this.
>
> --
> Steven

Interesting, so it has been removed from python? then why it's still
in document... It's really misleading.

Thanks for your quick answer