[Zope] *Error Type: UnicodeDecodeError*

[jose]

Dieter Maurer ha scritto:

>jose wrote at 2005-3-18 11:44 +0100:
>  
>
>>...
>>I have a PythonScript like this, to list the village names in serbian 
>>language, and it works....
>>...
>># print container.mescat('city: ') + data[0]['head'][j][5]
>>...
>>If I change the script like this one, it doesn't work anymore:
>>...
>>print container.mescat('city: ') + data[0]['head'][j][5]
>>...
>>but I have instead the following error:
>>
>>*Error Type: UnicodeDecodeError*
>>*Error Value: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 5: 
>>ordinal not in range(128)
>>    
>>
>
>Apparently "mescat('city: ')" returns unicode.
>This forces all strings combined with it to be converted to unicode.
>Python uses its "defaultencoding" for this conversion (default: "ascii").
>
>Because your "data[0]..." contains serbian characters, they
>cannot be decoded using "ascii".
>
>
>Your options:
>
>     *  use the "unicode" function to convert "data[0]..."
>        to unicode.
>
>	You must provide the correct encoding as second
>	argument (otherwise, you get the same error).
>
>     *  change Python's "defaultencoding" with
>        "sys.setdefaultencoding(the_encoding)".
>
>        This is only possible at startup (usually done
>	in "sitecustomize.py".
>
>	Unicode fanatics do not like this solution...
>
>  
>
I would like to follow your tip by changing sitecustomize.py but I am 
fear that a such global configuration maybe will change some unwanted 
behavior in other Zope modules.
Could you ensure me there are no collateral effect with other modules?

jo