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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 58bfaef..81a88a0 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -185,6 +185,23 @@ resolution on Linux and Windows. PEP written and implemented by Victor Stinner +PEP 540: Add a new UTF-8 mode +----------------------------- + +Add a new UTF-8 mode to ignore the locale, use the UTF-8 encoding, and change +:data:`sys.stdin` and :data:`sys.stdout` error handlers to ``surrogateescape``. +This mode is enabled by default in the POSIX locale, but otherwise disabled by +default. + +The new :option:`-X` ``utf8`` command line option and :envvar:`PYTHONUTF8` +environment variable are added to control the UTF-8 mode. + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`540` -- Add a new UTF-8 mode + PEP written and implemented by Victor Stinner + + New Development Mode: -X dev ---------------------------- @@ -353,6 +370,10 @@ Added another argument *monetary* in :meth:`format_string` of :mod:`locale`. If *monetary* is true, the conversion uses monetary thousands separator and grouping strings. (Contributed by Garvit in :issue:`10379`.) +The :func:`locale.getpreferredencoding` function now always returns ``'UTF-8'`` +on Android or in the UTF-8 mode (:option:`-X` ``utf8`` option), the locale and +the *do_setlocale* argument are ignored. + math ---- |