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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2010-08-20 16:52:14 +0000
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2010-08-20 16:52:14 +0000
commitc44abb127b3567d7f371d84e767641649fa2137c (patch)
tree9f47bc03b5dbf0151996e470421bdbb03b3d4390 /Lib/test/support.py
parent1b6372a1d1e0b68e6b29e02fd1af8c721aeaa52b (diff)
downloadcpython-git-c44abb127b3567d7f371d84e767641649fa2137c.tar.gz
Workaround issue #8611 in test_undecodable_code() of test_sys
Write test.support.workaroundIssue8611() function so it will be easier to remove this workaround from all tests.
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diff --git a/Lib/test/support.py b/Lib/test/support.py
index d0e84c72ab..814d06198e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support.py
@@ -1277,3 +1277,11 @@ def strip_python_stderr(stderr):
"""
stderr = re.sub(br"\[\d+ refs\]\r?\n?$", b"", stderr).strip()
return stderr
+
+def workaroundIssue8611():
+ try:
+ sys.executable.encode('ascii')
+ except UnicodeEncodeError:
+ raise unittest.SkipTest(
+ "Issue #8611: Python doesn't support ascii locale encoding "
+ "with an non-ascii path")