what is best method to set sys.stdout to utf-8?

[Peter Kleiweg]

In Python 3, there seem to be two ways to set sys.stdout to
utf-8 after the script has started:

sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout.detach())

sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.detach(), encoding='utf-8')

I guess the second is better. At start-up, type(sys.stdout) is
<class '_io.TextIOWrapper'>, and it's also after using the
second method.

After using the first method, type(sys.stdout) is changed to
<class 'encodings.utf_8.StreamWriter'>.

Should I always use the second method?

 

[Terry Reedy]

In Python 3, there seem to be two ways to set sys.stdout to
utf-8 after the script has started:

sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter('utf-8')(sys.stdout.detach())

sys.stdout = io.TextIOWrapper(sys.stdout.detach(), encoding='utf-8')

I guess the second is better. At start-up, type(sys.stdout) is
<class '_io.TextIOWrapper'>, and it's also after using the
second method.

After using the first method, type(sys.stdout) is changed to
<class 'encodings.utf_8.StreamWriter'>.

Should I always use the second method?

I would. The io module is more recent an partly replaces codecs. The
latter remains for back compatibility and whatever it can do that io cannot.

 

[Laurent Claessens]

I would. The io module is more recent an partly replaces codecs. The
latter remains for back compatibility and whatever it can do that io cannot.

I've a naive question : what is wrong with the following system ?

class MyStdOut(object):
def __init__(self):
self.old_stdout=sys.stdout
def write(self,x):
try:
if isinstance(x,unicode):
x=x.encode("utf8")
except (UnicodeEncodeError,UnicodeDecodeError):
sys.stderr.write("This should not happen !")
raise
self.old_stdout.write(x)
sys.stdout=MyStdOut()


.... well ... a part of the fact that it is much longer ?


Laurent Claessens

 

[Laurent Claessens]

I would. The io module is more recent an partly replaces codecs. The
latter remains for back compatibility and whatever it can do that io cannot.

I've a naive question : what is wrong with the following system ?

class MyStdOut(object):
def __init__(self):
self.old_stdout=sys.stdout
def write(self,x):
try:
if isinstance(x,unicode):
x=x.encode("utf8")
except (UnicodeEncodeError,UnicodeDecodeError):
sys.stderr.write("This should not happen !")
raise
self.old_stdout.write(x)
sys.stdout=MyStdOut()


.... well ... a part of the fact that it is much longer ?


Laurent Claessens