`IPython.utils.encoding:getdefaultencoding`

source: /IPython/utils/encoding.py :46

Signature

def getdefaultencoding ( prefer_stream : object | bool = <object object at 0x0000> ) → str

Summary

Return IPython's guess for the default encoding for bytes as text.

Extended Summary

If prefer_stream is True (default), asks for stdin.encoding first, to match the calling Terminal, but that is often None for subprocesses.

Then fall back on locale.getpreferredencoding(), which should be a sensible platform default (that respects LANG environment), and finally to sys.getdefaultencoding() which is the most conservative option, and usually UTF8 as of Python 3.

Aliases

IPython.utils.encoding.getdefaultencoding