can't get utf8 / unicode strings from embedded python

[David M. Cotter]

> What _are_ you using? 
i have scripts in a file, that i am invoking into my embedded python within a C++ program.  there is no terminal involved.  the "print" statement has been redirected (via sys.stdout) to my custom print class, which does not specify "encoding", so i tried the suggestion above to set it:

static const char *s_RedirectScript = 
	"import " kEmbeddedModuleName "\n"
	"import sys\n"
	"\n"
	"class CustomPrintClass:\n"
	"	def write(self, stuff):\n"
	"		" kEmbeddedModuleName "." kCustomPrint "(stuff)\n"
	"class CustomErrClass:\n"
	"	def write(self, stuff):\n"
	"		" kEmbeddedModuleName "." kCustomErr "(stuff)\n"
	"sys.stdout = CustomPrintClass()\n"
	"sys.stderr = CustomErrClass()\n"
	"sys.stdout.encoding = 'UTF-8'\n"
	"sys.stderr.encoding = 'UTF-8'\n";


but it didn't help.

I'm still getting back a string that is a utf-8 string of characters that, if converted to "macRoman" and then interpreted as UTF8, shows the original, correct string.  who is specifying macRoman, and where, and how do i tell whoever that is that i really *really* want utf8?