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Python '--help' has corrupted text. #85697

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WildCard65 mannequin opened this issue Aug 11, 2020 · 8 comments
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Python '--help' has corrupted text. #85697

WildCard65 mannequin opened this issue Aug 11, 2020 · 8 comments
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3.8 only security fixes 3.9 only security fixes interpreter-core (Objects, Python, Grammar, and Parser dirs) type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error

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WildCard65 mannequin commented Aug 11, 2020

BPO 41525
Nosy @vstinner, @serhiy-storchaka, @pablogsal, @WildCard65, @miss-islington, @tirkarthi
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  • bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only #21836
  • [3.9] bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836) #22162
  • [3.8] bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836) #22163
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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.8', '3.9']
title = "Python '--help' has corrupted text."
updated_at = <Date 2020-09-09.07:44:33.722>
user = 'https://github.com/WildCard65'

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issue_num = 41525
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priority = 'normal'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41525'
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    WildCard65 mannequin commented Aug 11, 2020

    Running Python's '--help' argument yields some corrupted text:
    "-X dev: enable CPythonâ?Ts â?odevelopment modeâ??, introducing additional runtime"

    @WildCard65 WildCard65 mannequin added 3.8 only security fixes interpreter-core (Objects, Python, Grammar, and Parser dirs) type-bug An unexpected behavior, bug, or error labels Aug 11, 2020
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    PeterL777 mannequin commented Aug 12, 2020

    Also appearing in 3.9.0rc1 AMD64
    I think it's transliterated Unicode, rather than an actual corruption. I'm on Win10, so it might be a Windows command shell issue (although it is showing bad in cmd, PS7 and PS5).
    Help messages should be plain ASCII to avoid this issue.

    @PeterL777 PeterL777 mannequin added 3.9 only security fixes labels Aug 12, 2020
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    serhiy , I can similar quotes present in Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py too which is autogenerated. Could this cause issues with pydoc too while reading topics?

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    Yes, but I think it is worth opening a separate issue.

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    New changeset 58de1dd by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'master':
    bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836)
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    New changeset 9171dc2 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
    bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836)
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    New changeset 11a82c7 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.9':
    bpo-41525: Make the Python program help ASCII-only (GH-21836)
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    vstinner commented Sep 9, 2020

    xtreak: "serhiy , I can similar quotes present in Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py too which is autogenerated. Could this cause issues with pydoc too while reading topics?"

    If you consider that it is an issue, please open a new issue.

    @ezio-melotti ezio-melotti transferred this issue from another repository Apr 10, 2022
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