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diff --git a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
index 8dd713056e..aa2fb7c2b9 100644
--- a/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/encodings/__init__.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
"""#"
import codecs
+import sys
from . import aliases
_cache = {}
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ def normalize_encoding(encoding):
"""
if isinstance(encoding, bytes):
encoding = str(encoding, "ascii")
+
chars = []
punct = False
for c in encoding:
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ def search_function(encoding):
mod = __import__('encodings.' + modname, fromlist=_import_tail,
level=0)
except ImportError:
+ # ImportError may occur because 'encodings.(modname)' does not exist,
+ # or because it imports a name that does not exist (see mbcs and oem)
pass
else:
break
@@ -150,3 +154,16 @@ def search_function(encoding):
# Register the search_function in the Python codec registry
codecs.register(search_function)
+
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+ def _alias_mbcs(encoding):
+ try:
+ import _bootlocale
+ if encoding == _bootlocale.getpreferredencoding(False):
+ import encodings.mbcs
+ return encodings.mbcs.getregentry()
+ except ImportError:
+ # Imports may fail while we are shutting down
+ pass
+
+ codecs.register(_alias_mbcs)