Function get_system_encoding

django/utils/encoding.py:248–259

The encoding for the character type functions. Fallback to 'ascii' if the #encoding is unsupported by Python or could not be determined. See tickets #10335 and #5846.

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def get_system_encoding():
    """
    The encoding for the character type functions. Fallback to 'ascii' if the
    #encoding is unsupported by Python or could not be determined. See tickets
    #10335 and #5846.
    """
    try:
        encoding = locale.getlocale()[1] or "ascii"
        codecs.lookup(encoding)
    except Exception:
        encoding = "ascii"
    return encoding


DEFAULT_LOCALE_ENCODING = get_system_encoding()