Revision: 6121
Author: nicdumz
Date: 2008-11-30 02:31:19 +0000 (Sun, 30 Nov 2008)
Log Message:
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sys.stdout.encoding might be None in some contexts
Modified Paths:
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branches/rewrite/pywikibot/__init__.py
Modified: branches/rewrite/pywikibot/__init__.py
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--- branches/rewrite/pywikibot/__init__.py 2008-11-26 20:02:30 UTC (rev 6120)
+++ branches/rewrite/pywikibot/__init__.py 2008-11-30 02:31:19 UTC (rev 6121)
@@ -106,7 +106,11 @@
def input(prompt, password=False):
if isinstance(prompt, unicode):
- prompt = prompt.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, "xmlcharrefreplace")
+ encoding = sys.stdout.encoding
+ # Fallback to _some_ encoding for virtual consoles (cron, screen !)
+ if not encoding:
+ encoding = "UTF-8"
+ prompt = prompt.encode(encoding, "xmlcharrefreplace")
if password:
import getpass
return getpass.getpass(prompt)