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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index d2a885d519..2e82c952ac 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -554,8 +554,8 @@ if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
# On Win32, this will return the ANSI code page
def getpreferredencoding(do_setlocale = True):
"""Return the charset that the user is likely using."""
- import _locale
- return _locale._getdefaultlocale()[1]
+ import _bootlocale
+ return _bootlocale.getpreferredencoding(False)
else:
# On Unix, if CODESET is available, use that.
try:
@@ -574,27 +574,16 @@ else:
def getpreferredencoding(do_setlocale = True):
"""Return the charset that the user is likely using,
according to the system configuration."""
+ import _bootlocale
if do_setlocale:
oldloc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE)
try:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "")
except Error:
pass
- result = nl_langinfo(CODESET)
- if not result and sys.platform == 'darwin':
- # nl_langinfo can return an empty string
- # when the setting has an invalid value.
- # Default to UTF-8 in that case because
- # UTF-8 is the default charset on OSX and
- # returning nothing will crash the
- # interpreter.
- result = 'UTF-8'
+ result = _bootlocale.getpreferredencoding(False)
+ if do_setlocale:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, oldloc)
- else:
- result = nl_langinfo(CODESET)
- if not result and sys.platform == 'darwin':
- # See above for explanation
- result = 'UTF-8'
return result