the stupid encoding problem to stdout

[Sérgio Monteiro Basto]

Ben Finney wrote:

>> >> Exactly the opposite , if python don't know the encoding should not
>> >> try decode to ASCII.
> 
> Are you advocating that Python should refuse to write characters unless
> the encoding is specified? I could sympathise with that, but currently
> that's not what Python does; instead it defaults to the ASCII codec.

could be a solution ;) or a smarter default based on LANG for example (as 
many GNU does).

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Sérgio M. B.