string encoding - how to make it work

[Martin v. Löwis]

"Henry Baumgartl" <h.baumgartl at chello.NOSPAM.nl> writes:

> Is there a way, using standard string methods, to write code that will
> always generate the same output?

No. You have to know what encoding the terminal uses. Some terminals
have no programmatic way to find out. So this isn't just possible in
Python; it is impossible in any language.

Regards,
Martin