1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/log.py b/log.py
index 3a6602bc..8ef6b28e 100644
--- a/log.py
+++ b/log.py
@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@ class Log:
                 stream = sys.stderr
             else:
                 stream = sys.stdout
-            if stream.errors == 'strict':
+            try:
+                stream.write('%s\n' % msg)
+            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                 # emulate backslashreplace error handler
                 encoding = stream.encoding
                 msg = msg.encode(encoding, "backslashreplace").decode(encoding)
-            try:
                 stream.write('%s\n' % msg)
-            except UnicodeEncodeError:
-                stream.write('%s\n' % msg.encode('unicode-escape').decode('ascii'))
             stream.flush()
 
     def log(self, level, msg, *args):