[issue21398] LC_CTYPE=C: pydoc leaves terminal in an unusable state

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah added the comment:

STINNER Victor <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
> I don't see how to ensure that the terminal state is restored, even on error.

Python2 suppresses the exception until after normal exit (pressing 'q').
I think that behavior is better.

In Python3 you can also get the unusable terminal by pressing Ctrl-C,
i.e. without any UnicodeError.

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