UnicodeError: ASCII decoding error: ordinal not in range(128)

[Oleg Broytmann]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 12:57:18AM -0800, Brian Quinlan wrote:
> Hrvoje Nezic wrote:
> > I get this error whan I try to use characters above 128.
> > (I am using Python 2.2 on Windows 2000).
> > 
> > Python FAQ suggests the following to change
> > the default encoding:
> > 
> > import sys
> > sys.setdefaultencoding(encoding)
> 
> I can't believe the Python FAQ suggests that! You should stay away from
> that routine (though I'll tell you how to use it later :-).

   I wrote this entry in the FAQ, and I really meant it. But I said there,
in the FAQ, that it is valid in sitecustomize.py. Ok, this is valid *only*
in the sitecustomize.py.

Oleg.
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