bpo-41137: Use utf-8 encoding while reading .pdbrc files (GH-21263)

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/pdb.rst b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
index ed1e971..6d1dba1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pdb.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pdb.rst
@@ -241,10 +241,14 @@ middle of a quoted string.
    triple: debugger; configuration; file
 
 If a file :file:`.pdbrc` exists in the user's home directory or in the current
-directory, it is read in and executed as if it had been typed at the debugger
-prompt.  This is particularly useful for aliases.  If both files exist, the one
-in the home directory is read first and aliases defined there can be overridden
-by the local file.
+directory, it is read with ``'utf-8'`` encoding and executed as if it had been
+typed at the debugger prompt.  This is particularly useful for aliases.  If both
+files exist, the one in the home directory is read first and aliases defined there
+can be overridden by the local file.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.11
+   :file:`.pdbrc` is now read with ``'utf-8'`` encoding. Previously, it was read
+   with the system locale encoding.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.2
    :file:`.pdbrc` can now contain commands that continue debugging, such as
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 5b51273..5b58ef6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ Optimizations
   (Contributed by Ken Jin and Mark Shannon in :issue:`26110`, based on ideas
   implemented in PyPy.)
 
+* :file:`.pdbrc` is now read with ``'utf-8'`` encoding.
+
+
 CPython bytecode changes
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