Python: sys prevents print of elements

Question

In Python 2.7 I have the following and I debug through IDLE:

print 'Here'
import sys
reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('cp1252')
print 'There'

what I get in return is

Here

So after I have set the default encoding it does not print the desired output. Could this be due by conflicts with the IDLE encoding?

I am using reload because I read it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2276200/changing-default-encoding-of-python I want to change my encoding to cp1252 but if I follow the process in the link above it does not print anything else — Thegamer23, Mar 16 '17 at 11:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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Because it is unable to find reference to setdefaultencoding from sys. That is why it is not printing 'There'

setdefaultencoding is deprecated and one should never use it!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered Mar 16 '17 at 11:44

abhinav

[This](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3828723/why-should-we-not-use-sys-setdefaultencodingutf-8-in-a-py-script) is also some pretty good advice – underscoreC Mar 16 '17 at 11:46
Ok because I found it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2276200/changing-default-encoding-of-python Is there a way to change the encoding from Python itself so that If I forward my code to a friend he is able to run it with changed charset (cp1252) – Thegamer23 Mar 16 '17 at 11:46
It's a trick to change default encoding using reload(sys) but it is never recommended as per the documentation! – abhinav Mar 16 '17 at 11:51

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