[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #16129: Add `Py_SetStandardStreamEncoding`

[Georg Brandl]

Am 17.10.2013 17:36, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
> On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:22:03 +0200 (CEST)
> nick.coghlan <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:
>>  
>> +.. c:function:: int Py_SetStandardStreamEncoding(char *encoding, char *errors)
>> +
>> +   .. index::
>> +      single: Py_Initialize()
>> +      single: main()
>> +      triple: stdin; stdout; sdterr
>> +
>> +   This function should be called before :c:func:`Py_Initialize`. It
>> +   specifies which encoding and error handling to use with standard io,
>> +   with the same meanings as in :func:`str.encode`.
>> +
>> +   It overrides :envvar:`PYTHONIOENCODING` values, and allows embedding code
>> +   to control io encoding when the environment variable does not work.
>> +
>> +   ``encoding`` and/or ``errors`` may be NULL to use
>> +   :envvar:`PYTHONIOENCODING` and/or default values (depending on other
>> +   settings).
>> +
>> +   Note that :data:`sys.stderr` always uses the "backslashreplace" error
>> +   handler, regardless of this (or any other) setting.
>> +
>> +   If :c:func:`Py_Finalize` is called, this function will need to be called
>> +   again in order to affect subsequent calls to :c:func:`Py_Initialize`.
>> +
>> +   Returns 0 if successful.
>> +
>> +
> 
> Needs a versionadded tag.

Also, shouldn't it be excluded from the stable/limited API?

Georg