From 6ea4186de32d65b1f1dc1533b6312b798d300466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Coghlan Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:16:15 +1000 Subject: bpo-28180: Implementation for PEP 538 (#659) - new PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE config setting - coerces legacy C locale to C.UTF-8, C.utf8 or UTF-8 by default - always uses C.UTF-8 on Android - uses `surrogateescape` on stdin and stdout in the coercion target locales - configure option to disable locale coercion at build time - configure option to disable C locale warning at build time --- Doc/using/cmdline.rst | 36 +++++ Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst | 45 +++++++ Lib/test/support/script_helper.py | 56 ++++---- Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py | 262 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lib/test/test_capi.py | 35 +++-- Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py | 6 +- Lib/test/test_subprocess.py | 3 +- Lib/test/test_sys.py | 1 + Misc/NEWS | 5 + Programs/python.c | 37 ++++++ Python/pylifecycle.c | 174 +++++++++++++++++++++++- configure | 54 ++++++++ configure.ac | 34 +++++ pyconfig.h.in | 6 + 14 files changed, 699 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py diff --git a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst index 40a06b9..920d5c0 100644 --- a/Doc/using/cmdline.rst +++ b/Doc/using/cmdline.rst @@ -713,6 +713,42 @@ conflict. .. versionadded:: 3.6 + +.. envvar:: PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE + + If set to the value ``0``, causes the main Python command line application + to skip coercing the legacy ASCII-based C locale to a more capable UTF-8 + based alternative. Note that this setting is checked even when the + :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` options are used, as it is handled prior to + the processing of command line options. + + If this variable is *not* set, or is set to a value other than ``0``, and + the current locale reported for the ``LC_CTYPE`` category is the default + ``C`` locale, then the Python CLI will attempt to configure the following + locales for the ``LC_CTYPE`` category in the order listed before loading the + interpreter runtime: + + * ``C.UTF-8`` + * ``C.utf8`` + * ``UTF-8`` + + If setting one of these locale categories succeeds, then the ``LC_CTYPE`` + environment variable will also be set accordingly in the current process + environment before the Python runtime is initialized. This ensures the + updated setting is seen in subprocesses, as well as in operations that + query the environment rather than the current C locale (such as Python's + own :func:`locale.getdefaultlocale`). + + Configuring one of these locales (either explicitly or via the above + implicit locale coercion) will automatically set the error handler for + :data:`sys.stdin` and :data:`sys.stdout` to ``surrogateescape``. This + behavior can be overridden using :envvar:`PYTHONIOENCODING` as usual. + + Availability: \*nix + + .. versionadded:: 3.7 + See :pep:`538` for more details. + Debug-mode variables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 3df3093..6074781 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -70,6 +70,51 @@ Summary -- Release highlights New Features ============ +.. _whatsnew37-pep538: + +PEP 538: Legacy C Locale Coercion +--------------------------------- + +An ongoing challenge within the Python 3 series has been determining a sensible +default strategy for handling the "7-bit ASCII" text encoding assumption +currently implied by the use of the default C locale on non-Windows platforms. + +:pep:`538` updates the default interpreter command line interface to +automatically coerce that locale to an available UTF-8 based locale as +described in the documentation of the new :envvar:`PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE` +environment variable. Automatically setting ``LC_CTYPE`` this way means that +both the core interpreter and locale-aware C extensions (such as +:mod:`readline`) will assume the use of UTF-8 as the default text encoding, +rather than ASCII. + +The platform support definition in :pep:`11` has also been updated to limit +full text handling support to suitably configured non-ASCII based locales. + +As part of this change, the default error handler for ``stdin`` and ``stdout`` +is now ``surrogateescape`` (rather than ``strict``) when using any of the +defined coercion target locales (currently ``C.UTF-8``, ``C.utf8``, and +``UTF-8``). The default error handler for ``stderr`` continues to be +``backslashreplace``, regardless of locale. + +.. note:: + + In the current implementation, a warning message is printed directly to + ``stderr`` even for successful implicit locale coercion. This gives + redistributors and system integrators the opportunity to determine if they + should be making an environmental change to avoid the need for implicit + coercion at the Python interpreter level. + + However, it's not clear that this is going to be the best approach for + the final 3.7.0 release, and we may end up deciding to disable the warning + by default and provide some way of opting into it at runtime or build time. + + Concrete examples of use cases where it would be preferrable to disable the + warning by default can be noted on :issue:`30565`. + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`538` -- Coercing the legacy C locale to a UTF-8 based locale + PEP written and implemented by Nick Coghlan. Other Language Changes diff --git a/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py b/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py index 1e74647..b3ac848 100644 --- a/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py +++ b/Lib/test/support/script_helper.py @@ -48,8 +48,35 @@ def interpreter_requires_environment(): return __cached_interp_requires_environment -_PythonRunResult = collections.namedtuple("_PythonRunResult", - ("rc", "out", "err")) +class _PythonRunResult(collections.namedtuple("_PythonRunResult", + ("rc", "out", "err"))): + """Helper for reporting Python subprocess run results""" + def fail(self, cmd_line): + """Provide helpful details about failed subcommand runs""" + # Limit to 80 lines to ASCII characters + maxlen = 80 * 100 + out, err = self.out, self.err + if len(out) > maxlen: + out = b'(... truncated stdout ...)' + out[-maxlen:] + if len(err) > maxlen: + err = b'(... truncated stderr ...)' + err[-maxlen:] + out = out.decode('ascii', 'replace').rstrip() + err = err.decode('ascii', 'replace').rstrip() + raise AssertionError("Process return code is %d\n" + "command line: %r\n" + "\n" + "stdout:\n" + "---\n" + "%s\n" + "---\n" + "\n" + "stderr:\n" + "---\n" + "%s\n" + "---" + % (self.rc, cmd_line, + out, + err)) # Executing the interpreter in a subprocess @@ -107,30 +134,7 @@ def run_python_until_end(*args, **env_vars): def _assert_python(expected_success, *args, **env_vars): res, cmd_line = run_python_until_end(*args, **env_vars) if (res.rc and expected_success) or (not res.rc and not expected_success): - # Limit to 80 lines to ASCII characters - maxlen = 80 * 100 - out, err = res.out, res.err - if len(out) > maxlen: - out = b'(... truncated stdout ...)' + out[-maxlen:] - if len(err) > maxlen: - err = b'(... truncated stderr ...)' + err[-maxlen:] - out = out.decode('ascii', 'replace').rstrip() - err = err.decode('ascii', 'replace').rstrip() - raise AssertionError("Process return code is %d\n" - "command line: %r\n" - "\n" - "stdout:\n" - "---\n" - "%s\n" - "---\n" - "\n" - "stderr:\n" - "---\n" - "%s\n" - "---" - % (res.rc, cmd_line, - out, - err)) + res.fail(cmd_line) return res def assert_python_ok(*args, **env_vars): diff --git a/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py b/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c14d820 --- /dev/null +++ b/Lib/test/test_c_locale_coercion.py @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +# Tests the attempted automatic coercion of the C locale to a UTF-8 locale + +import unittest +import os +import sys +import sysconfig +import shutil +import subprocess +from collections import namedtuple + +import test.support +from test.support.script_helper import ( + run_python_until_end, + interpreter_requires_environment, +) + +# In order to get the warning messages to match up as expected, the candidate +# order here must much the target locale order in Python/pylifecycle.c +_C_UTF8_LOCALES = ("C.UTF-8", "C.utf8", "UTF-8") + +# There's no reliable cross-platform way of checking locale alias +# lists, so the only way of knowing which of these locales will work +# is to try them with locale.setlocale(). We do that in a subprocess +# to avoid altering the locale of the test runner. +def _set_locale_in_subprocess(locale_name): + cmd_fmt = "import locale; print(locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, '{}'))" + cmd = cmd_fmt.format(locale_name) + result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end("-c", cmd, __isolated=True) + return result.rc == 0 + +_EncodingDetails = namedtuple("EncodingDetails", + "fsencoding stdin_info stdout_info stderr_info") + +class EncodingDetails(_EncodingDetails): + CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT = ";".join([ + "import sys", + "print(sys.getfilesystemencoding())", + "print(sys.stdin.encoding + ':' + sys.stdin.errors)", + "print(sys.stdout.encoding + ':' + sys.stdout.errors)", + "print(sys.stderr.encoding + ':' + sys.stderr.errors)", + ]) + + @classmethod + def get_expected_details(cls, expected_fsencoding): + """Returns expected child process details for a given encoding""" + _stream = expected_fsencoding + ":{}" + # stdin and stdout should use surrogateescape either because the + # coercion triggered, or because the C locale was detected + stream_info = 2*[_stream.format("surrogateescape")] + # stderr should always use backslashreplace + stream_info.append(_stream.format("backslashreplace")) + return dict(cls(expected_fsencoding, *stream_info)._asdict()) + + @staticmethod + def _handle_output_variations(data): + """Adjust the output to handle platform specific idiosyncrasies + + * Some platforms report ASCII as ANSI_X3.4-1968 + * Some platforms report ASCII as US-ASCII + * Some platforms report UTF-8 instead of utf-8 + """ + data = data.replace(b"ANSI_X3.4-1968", b"ascii") + data = data.replace(b"US-ASCII", b"ascii") + data = data.lower() + return data + + @classmethod + def get_child_details(cls, env_vars): + """Retrieves fsencoding and standard stream details from a child process + + Returns (encoding_details, stderr_lines): + + - encoding_details: EncodingDetails for eager decoding + - stderr_lines: result of calling splitlines() on the stderr output + + The child is run in isolated mode if the current interpreter supports + that. + """ + result, py_cmd = run_python_until_end( + "-c", cls.CHILD_PROCESS_SCRIPT, + __isolated=True, + **env_vars + ) + if not result.rc == 0: + result.fail(py_cmd) + # All subprocess outputs in this test case should be pure ASCII + adjusted_output = cls._handle_output_variations(result.out) + stdout_lines = adjusted_output.decode("ascii").rstrip().splitlines() + child_encoding_details = dict(cls(*stdout_lines)._asdict()) + stderr_lines = result.err.decode("ascii").rstrip().splitlines() + return child_encoding_details, stderr_lines + + +class _ChildProcessEncodingTestCase(unittest.TestCase): + # Base class to check for expected encoding details in a child process + + def _check_child_encoding_details(self, + env_vars, + expected_fsencoding, + expected_warning): + """Check the C locale handling for the given process environment + + Parameters: + expected_fsencoding: the encoding the child is expected to report + allow_c_locale: setting to use for PYTHONALLOWCLOCALE + None: don't set the variable at all + str: the value set in the child's environment + """ + result = EncodingDetails.get_child_details(env_vars) + encoding_details, stderr_lines = result + self.assertEqual(encoding_details, + EncodingDetails.get_expected_details( + expected_fsencoding)) + self.assertEqual(stderr_lines, expected_warning) + +# Details of the shared library warning emitted at runtime +LIBRARY_C_LOCALE_WARNING = ( + "Python runtime initialized with LC_CTYPE=C (a locale with default ASCII " + "encoding), which may cause Unicode compatibility problems. Using C.UTF-8, " + "C.utf8, or UTF-8 (if available) as alternative Unicode-compatible " + "locales is recommended." +) + +@unittest.skipUnless(sysconfig.get_config_var("PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE"), + "C locale runtime warning disabled at build time") +class LocaleWarningTests(_ChildProcessEncodingTestCase): + # Test warning emitted when running in the C locale + + def test_library_c_locale_warning(self): + self.maxDiff = None + for locale_to_set in ("C", "POSIX", "invalid.ascii"): + var_dict = { + "LC_ALL": locale_to_set + } + with self.subTest(forced_locale=locale_to_set): + self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict, + "ascii", + [LIBRARY_C_LOCALE_WARNING]) + +# Details of the CLI locale coercion warning emitted at runtime +CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT = ( + "Python detected LC_CTYPE=C: LC_CTYPE coerced to {} (set another locale " + "or PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=0 to disable this locale coercion behavior)." +) + +class _LocaleCoercionTargetsTestCase(_ChildProcessEncodingTestCase): + # Base class for test cases that rely on coercion targets being defined + + available_targets = [] + targets_required = True + + @classmethod + def setUpClass(cls): + first_target_locale = None + available_targets = cls.available_targets + # Find the target locales available in the current system + for target_locale in _C_UTF8_LOCALES: + if _set_locale_in_subprocess(target_locale): + available_targets.append(target_locale) + if first_target_locale is None: + first_target_locale = target_locale + if cls.targets_required and not available_targets: + raise unittest.SkipTest("No C-with-UTF-8 locale available") + # Expect coercion to use the first available locale + warning_msg = CLI_COERCION_WARNING_FMT.format(first_target_locale) + cls.EXPECTED_COERCION_WARNING = warning_msg + + +class LocaleConfigurationTests(_LocaleCoercionTargetsTestCase): + # Test explicit external configuration via the process environment + + def test_external_target_locale_configuration(self): + # Explicitly setting a target locale should give the same behaviour as + # is seen when implicitly coercing to that target locale + self.maxDiff = None + + expected_warning = [] + expected_fsencoding = "utf-8" + + base_var_dict = { + "LANG": "", + "LC_CTYPE": "", + "LC_ALL": "", + } + for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"): + for locale_to_set in self.available_targets: + with self.subTest(env_var=env_var, + configured_locale=locale_to_set): + var_dict = base_var_dict.copy() + var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set + self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict, + expected_fsencoding, + expected_warning) + + + +@test.support.cpython_only +@unittest.skipUnless(sysconfig.get_config_var("PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE"), + "C locale coercion disabled at build time") +class LocaleCoercionTests(_LocaleCoercionTargetsTestCase): + # Test implicit reconfiguration of the environment during CLI startup + + def _check_c_locale_coercion(self, expected_fsencoding, coerce_c_locale): + """Check the C locale handling for various configurations + + Parameters: + expected_fsencoding: the encoding the child is expected to report + allow_c_locale: setting to use for PYTHONALLOWCLOCALE + None: don't set the variable at all + str: the value set in the child's environment + """ + + # Check for expected warning on stderr if C locale is coerced + self.maxDiff = None + + expected_warning = [] + if coerce_c_locale != "0": + expected_warning.append(self.EXPECTED_COERCION_WARNING) + + base_var_dict = { + "LANG": "", + "LC_CTYPE": "", + "LC_ALL": "", + } + for env_var in ("LANG", "LC_CTYPE"): + for locale_to_set in ("", "C", "POSIX", "invalid.ascii"): + with self.subTest(env_var=env_var, + nominal_locale=locale_to_set, + PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=coerce_c_locale): + var_dict = base_var_dict.copy() + var_dict[env_var] = locale_to_set + if coerce_c_locale is not None: + var_dict["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = coerce_c_locale + self._check_child_encoding_details(var_dict, + expected_fsencoding, + expected_warning) + + def test_test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_set(self): + # This should coerce to the first available target locale by default + self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", coerce_c_locale=None) + + def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_not_zero(self): + # *Any* string other that "0" is considered "set" for our purposes + # and hence should result in the locale coercion being enabled + for setting in ("", "1", "true", "false"): + self._check_c_locale_coercion("utf-8", coerce_c_locale=setting) + + def test_PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE_set_to_zero(self): + # The setting "0" should result in the locale coercion being disabled + self._check_c_locale_coercion("ascii", coerce_c_locale="0") + + +def test_main(): + test.support.run_unittest( + LocaleConfigurationTests, + LocaleCoercionTests, + LocaleWarningTests + ) + test.support.reap_children() + +if __name__ == "__main__": + test_main() diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi.py b/Lib/test/test_capi.py index 8ac8af9..c4a9766 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_capi.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_capi.py @@ -371,14 +371,21 @@ class EmbeddingTests(unittest.TestCase): def tearDown(self): os.chdir(self.oldcwd) - def run_embedded_interpreter(self, *args): + def run_embedded_interpreter(self, *args, env=None): """Runs a test in the embedded interpreter""" cmd = [self.test_exe] cmd.extend(args) + if env is not None and sys.platform == 'win32': + # Windows requires at least the SYSTEMROOT environment variable to + # start Python. + env = env.copy() + env['SYSTEMROOT'] = os.environ['SYSTEMROOT'] + p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, - universal_newlines=True) + universal_newlines=True, + env=env) (out, err) = p.communicate() self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0, "bad returncode %d, stderr is %r" % @@ -471,26 +478,16 @@ class EmbeddingTests(unittest.TestCase): self.assertNotEqual(sub.tstate, main.tstate) self.assertNotEqual(sub.modules, main.modules) - @staticmethod - def _get_default_pipe_encoding(): - rp, wp = os.pipe() - try: - with os.fdopen(wp, 'w') as w: - default_pipe_encoding = w.encoding - finally: - os.close(rp) - return default_pipe_encoding - def test_forced_io_encoding(self): # Checks forced configuration of embedded interpreter IO streams - out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("forced_io_encoding") - if support.verbose: + env = {"PYTHONIOENCODING": "utf-8:surrogateescape"} + out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("forced_io_encoding", env=env) + if support.verbose > 1: print() print(out) print(err) - expected_errors = sys.__stdout__.errors - expected_stdin_encoding = sys.__stdin__.encoding - expected_pipe_encoding = self._get_default_pipe_encoding() + expected_stream_encoding = "utf-8" + expected_errors = "surrogateescape" expected_output = '\n'.join([ "--- Use defaults ---", "Expected encoding: default", @@ -517,8 +514,8 @@ class EmbeddingTests(unittest.TestCase): "stdout: latin-1:replace", "stderr: latin-1:backslashreplace"]) expected_output = expected_output.format( - in_encoding=expected_stdin_encoding, - out_encoding=expected_pipe_encoding, + in_encoding=expected_stream_encoding, + out_encoding=expected_stream_encoding, errors=expected_errors) # This is useful if we ever trip over odd platform behaviour self.maxDiff = None diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py index 5f96d61..3e20427 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import sys import subprocess import tempfile from test.support import script_helper, is_android -from test.support.script_helper import (spawn_python, kill_python, assert_python_ok, - assert_python_failure) +from test.support.script_helper import ( + spawn_python, kill_python, assert_python_ok, assert_python_failure +) # XXX (ncoghlan): Move to script_helper and make consistent with run_python @@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ class CmdLineTest(unittest.TestCase): env = os.environ.copy() # Use C locale to get ascii for the locale encoding env['LC_ALL'] = 'C' + env['PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE'] = '0' code = ( b'import locale; ' b'print(ascii("' + undecodable + b'"), ' diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py index 7fabe6a..52b05c1 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py @@ -642,7 +642,8 @@ class ProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase): # on adding even when the environment in exec is empty. # Gentoo sandboxes also force LD_PRELOAD and SANDBOX_* to exist. return ('VERSIONER' in n or '__CF' in n or # MacOS - n == 'LD_PRELOAD' or n.startswith('SANDBOX')) # Gentoo + n == 'LD_PRELOAD' or n.startswith('SANDBOX') or # Gentoo + n == 'LC_CTYPE') # Locale coercion triggered with subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", 'import os; print(list(os.environ.keys()))'], diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py index ed78e2a..3844812 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py @@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ class SysModuleTest(unittest.TestCase): # Force the POSIX locale env = os.environ.copy() env["LC_ALL"] = "C" + env["PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"] = "0" code = '\n'.join(( 'import sys', 'def dump(name):', diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index e58de82..8cbd463 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.7.0 alpha 1? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- bpo-28180: Implement PEP 538 (legacy C locale coercion). This means that when + a suitable coercion target locale is available, both the core interpreter and + locale-aware C extensions will assume the use of UTF-8 as the default text + encoding, rather than ASCII. + - bpo-30486: Allows setting cell values for __closure__. Patch by Lisa Roach. - bpo-30537: itertools.islice now accepts integer-like objects (having diff --git a/Programs/python.c b/Programs/python.c index a7afbc7..03f8295 100644 --- a/Programs/python.c +++ b/Programs/python.c @@ -15,6 +15,21 @@ wmain(int argc, wchar_t **argv) } #else +/* Access private pylifecycle helper API to better handle the legacy C locale + * + * The legacy C locale assumes ASCII as the default text encoding, which + * causes problems not only for the CPython runtime, but also other + * components like GNU readline. + * + * Accordingly, when the CLI detects it, it attempts to coerce it to a + * more capable UTF-8 based alternative. + * + * See the documentation of the PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE setting for more details. + * + */ +extern int _Py_LegacyLocaleDetected(void); +extern void _Py_CoerceLegacyLocale(void); + int main(int argc, char **argv) { @@ -25,7 +40,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) char *oldloc; /* Force malloc() allocator to bootstrap Python */ +#ifdef Py_DEBUG + (void)_PyMem_SetupAllocators("malloc_debug"); +# else (void)_PyMem_SetupAllocators("malloc"); +# endif argv_copy = (wchar_t **)PyMem_RawMalloc(sizeof(wchar_t*) * (argc+1)); argv_copy2 = (wchar_t **)PyMem_RawMalloc(sizeof(wchar_t*) * (argc+1)); @@ -49,7 +68,21 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) return 1; } +#ifdef __ANDROID__ + /* Passing "" to setlocale() on Android requests the C locale rather + * than checking environment variables, so request C.UTF-8 explicitly + */ + setlocale(LC_ALL, "C.UTF-8"); +#else + /* Reconfigure the locale to the default for this process */ setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); +#endif + + if (_Py_LegacyLocaleDetected()) { + _Py_CoerceLegacyLocale(); + } + + /* Convert from char to wchar_t based on the locale settings */ for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { argv_copy[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i], NULL); if (!argv_copy[i]) { @@ -70,7 +103,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) /* Force again malloc() allocator to release memory blocks allocated before Py_Main() */ +#ifdef Py_DEBUG + (void)_PyMem_SetupAllocators("malloc_debug"); +# else (void)_PyMem_SetupAllocators("malloc"); +# endif for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) { PyMem_RawFree(argv_copy2[i]); diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c index ec26824..b7c9822 100644 --- a/Python/pylifecycle.c +++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ Py_SetStandardStreamEncoding(const char *encoding, const char *errors) return 0; } + /* Global initializations. Can be undone by Py_FinalizeEx(). Don't call this twice without an intervening Py_FinalizeEx() call. When initializations fail, a fatal error is issued and the function does @@ -330,6 +331,159 @@ initexternalimport(PyInterpreterState *interp) Py_DECREF(value); } +/* Helper functions to better handle the legacy C locale + * + * The legacy C locale assumes ASCII as the default text encoding, which + * causes problems not only for the CPython runtime, but also other + * components like GNU readline. + * + * Accordingly, when the CLI detects it, it attempts to coerce it to a + * more capable UTF-8 based alternative as follows: + * + * if (_Py_LegacyLocaleDetected()) { + * _Py_CoerceLegacyLocale(); + * } + * + * See the documentation of the PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE setting for more details. + * + * Locale coercion also impacts the default error handler for the standard + * streams: while the usual default is "strict", the default for the legacy + * C locale and for any of the coercion target locales is "surrogateescape". + */ + +int +_Py_LegacyLocaleDetected(void) +{ +#ifndef MS_WINDOWS + /* On non-Windows systems, the C locale is considered a legacy locale */ + const char *ctype_loc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL); + return ctype_loc != NULL && strcmp(ctype_loc, "C") == 0; +#else + /* Windows uses code pages instead of locales, so no locale is legacy */ + return 0; +#endif +} + +typedef struct _CandidateLocale { + const char *locale_name; /* The locale to try as a coercion target */ +} _LocaleCoercionTarget; + +static _LocaleCoercionTarget _TARGET_LOCALES[] = { + {"C.UTF-8"}, + {"C.utf8"}, + {"UTF-8"}, + {NULL} +}; + +static char * +get_default_standard_stream_error_handler(void) +{ + const char *ctype_loc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL); + if (ctype_loc != NULL) { + /* "surrogateescape" is the default in the legacy C locale */ + if (strcmp(ctype_loc, "C") == 0) { + return "surrogateescape"; + } + +#ifdef PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE + /* "surrogateescape" is the default in locale coercion target locales */ + const _LocaleCoercionTarget *target = NULL; + for (target = _TARGET_LOCALES; target->locale_name; target++) { + if (strcmp(ctype_loc, target->locale_name) == 0) { + return "surrogateescape"; + } + } +#endif + } + + /* Otherwise return NULL to request the typical default error handler */ + return NULL; +} + +#ifdef PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE +static const char *_C_LOCALE_COERCION_WARNING = + "Python detected LC_CTYPE=C: LC_CTYPE coerced to %.20s (set another locale " + "or PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=0 to disable this locale coercion behavior).\n"; + +static void +_coerce_default_locale_settings(const _LocaleCoercionTarget *target) +{ + const char *newloc = target->locale_name; + + /* Reset locale back to currently configured defaults */ + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); + + /* Set the relevant locale environment variable */ + if (setenv("LC_CTYPE", newloc, 1)) { + fprintf(stderr, + "Error setting LC_CTYPE, skipping C locale coercion\n"); + return; + } + fprintf(stderr, _C_LOCALE_COERCION_WARNING, newloc); + + /* Reconfigure with the overridden environment variables */ + setlocale(LC_ALL, ""); +} +#endif + +void +_Py_CoerceLegacyLocale(void) +{ +#ifdef PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE + /* We ignore the Python -E and -I flags here, as the CLI needs to sort out + * the locale settings *before* we try to do anything with the command + * line arguments. For cross-platform debugging purposes, we also need + * to give end users a way to force even scripts that are otherwise + * isolated from their environment to use the legacy ASCII-centric C + * locale. + * + * Ignoring -E and -I is safe from a security perspective, as we only use + * the setting to turn *off* the implicit locale coercion, and anyone with + * access to the process environment already has the ability to set + * `LC_ALL=C` to override the C level locale settings anyway. + */ + const char *coerce_c_locale = getenv("PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"); + if (coerce_c_locale == NULL || strncmp(coerce_c_locale, "0", 2) != 0) { + /* PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE is not set, or is set to something other than "0" */ + const char *locale_override = getenv("LC_ALL"); + if (locale_override == NULL || *locale_override == '\0') { + /* LC_ALL is also not set (or is set to an empty string) */ + const _LocaleCoercionTarget *target = NULL; + for (target = _TARGET_LOCALES; target->locale_name; target++) { + const char *new_locale = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, + target->locale_name); + if (new_locale != NULL) { + /* Successfully configured locale, so make it the default */ + _coerce_default_locale_settings(target); + return; + } + } + } + } + /* No C locale warning here, as Py_Initialize will emit one later */ +#endif +} + + +#ifdef PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE +static const char *_C_LOCALE_WARNING = + "Python runtime initialized with LC_CTYPE=C (a locale with default ASCII " + "encoding), which may cause Unicode compatibility problems. Using C.UTF-8, " + "C.utf8, or UTF-8 (if available) as alternative Unicode-compatible " + "locales is recommended.\n"; + +static void +_emit_stderr_warning_for_c_locale(void) +{ + const char *coerce_c_locale = getenv("PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE"); + if (coerce_c_locale == NULL || strncmp(coerce_c_locale, "0", 2) != 0) { + if (_Py_LegacyLocaleDetected()) { + fprintf(stderr, "%s", _C_LOCALE_WARNING); + } + } +} +#endif + /* Global initializations. Can be undone by Py_Finalize(). Don't call this twice without an intervening Py_Finalize() call. @@ -396,11 +550,21 @@ void _Py_InitializeCore(const _PyCoreConfig *config) */ _Py_Finalizing = NULL; -#ifdef HAVE_SETLOCALE +#ifdef __ANDROID__ + /* Passing "" to setlocale() on Android requests the C locale rather + * than checking environment variables, so request C.UTF-8 explicitly + */ + setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C.UTF-8"); +#else +#ifndef MS_WINDOWS /* Set up the LC_CTYPE locale, so we can obtain the locale's charset without having to switch locales. */ setlocale(LC_CTYPE, ""); +#ifdef PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE + _emit_stderr_warning_for_c_locale(); +#endif +#endif #endif if ((p = Py_GETENV("PYTHONDEBUG")) && *p != '\0') @@ -1457,12 +1621,8 @@ initstdio(void) } } if (!errors && !(pythonioencoding && *pythonioencoding)) { - /* When the LC_CTYPE locale is the POSIX locale ("C locale"), - stdin and stdout use the surrogateescape error handler by - default, instead of the strict error handler. */ - char *loc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL); - if (loc != NULL && strcmp(loc, "C") == 0) - errors = "surrogateescape"; + /* Choose the default error handler based on the current locale */ + errors = get_default_standard_stream_error_handler(); } } diff --git a/configure b/configure index 8b824b2..ec42e08 100755 --- a/configure +++ b/configure @@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ with_thread enable_ipv6 with_doc_strings with_pymalloc +with_c_locale_coercion +with_c_locale_warning with_valgrind with_dtrace with_fpectl @@ -1528,6 +1530,12 @@ Optional Packages: deprecated; use --with(out)-threads --with(out)-doc-strings disable/enable documentation strings --with(out)-pymalloc disable/enable specialized mallocs + --with(out)-c-locale-coercion + disable/enable C locale coercion to a UTF-8 based + locale + --with(out)-c-locale-warning + disable/enable locale compatibility warning in the C + locale --with-valgrind Enable Valgrind support --with(out)-dtrace disable/enable DTrace support --with-fpectl enable SIGFPE catching @@ -11047,6 +11055,52 @@ fi { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $with_pymalloc" >&5 $as_echo "$with_pymalloc" >&6; } +# Check for --with-c-locale-coercion +{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --with-c-locale-coercion" >&5 +$as_echo_n "checking for --with-c-locale-coercion... " >&6; } + +# Check whether --with-c-locale-coercion was given. +if test "${with_c_locale_coercion+set}" = set; then : + withval=$with_c_locale_coercion; +fi + + +if test -z "$with_c_locale_coercion" +then + with_c_locale_coercion="yes" +fi +if test "$with_c_locale_coercion" != "no" +then + +$as_echo "#define PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE 1" >>confdefs.h + +fi +{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $with_c_locale_coercion" >&5 +$as_echo "$with_c_locale_coercion" >&6; } + +# Check for --with-c-locale-warning +{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --with-c-locale-warning" >&5 +$as_echo_n "checking for --with-c-locale-warning... " >&6; } + +# Check whether --with-c-locale-warning was given. +if test "${with_c_locale_warning+set}" = set; then : + withval=$with_c_locale_warning; +fi + + +if test -z "$with_c_locale_warning" +then + with_c_locale_warning="yes" +fi +if test "$with_c_locale_warning" != "no" +then + +$as_echo "#define PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE 1" >>confdefs.h + +fi +{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $with_c_locale_warning" >&5 +$as_echo "$with_c_locale_warning" >&6; } + # Check for Valgrind support { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for --with-valgrind" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking for --with-valgrind... " >&6; } diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index d5b6399..18b940a 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -3325,6 +3325,40 @@ then fi AC_MSG_RESULT($with_pymalloc) +# Check for --with-c-locale-coercion +AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-c-locale-coercion) +AC_ARG_WITH(c-locale-coercion, + AS_HELP_STRING([--with(out)-c-locale-coercion], + [disable/enable C locale coercion to a UTF-8 based locale])) + +if test -z "$with_c_locale_coercion" +then + with_c_locale_coercion="yes" +fi +if test "$with_c_locale_coercion" != "no" +then + AC_DEFINE(PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE, 1, + [Define if you want to coerce the C locale to a UTF-8 based locale]) +fi +AC_MSG_RESULT($with_c_locale_coercion) + +# Check for --with-c-locale-warning +AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-c-locale-warning) +AC_ARG_WITH(c-locale-warning, + AS_HELP_STRING([--with(out)-c-locale-warning], + [disable/enable locale compatibility warning in the C locale])) + +if test -z "$with_c_locale_warning" +then + with_c_locale_warning="yes" +fi +if test "$with_c_locale_warning" != "no" +then + AC_DEFINE(PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE, 1, + [Define to emit a locale compatibility warning in the C locale]) +fi +AC_MSG_RESULT($with_c_locale_warning) + # Check for Valgrind support AC_MSG_CHECKING([for --with-valgrind]) AC_ARG_WITH([valgrind], diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in index 0a3d59e..fa2792b 100644 --- a/pyconfig.h.in +++ b/pyconfig.h.in @@ -1247,9 +1247,15 @@ /* Define as the preferred size in bits of long digits */ #undef PYLONG_BITS_IN_DIGIT +/* Define if you want to coerce the C locale to a UTF-8 based locale */ +#undef PY_COERCE_C_LOCALE + /* Define to printf format modifier for Py_ssize_t */ #undef PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T +/* Define to emit a locale compatibility warning in the C locale */ +#undef PY_WARN_ON_C_LOCALE + /* Define if you want to build an interpreter with many run-time checks. */ #undef Py_DEBUG -- cgit v0.12