pdb uses the locale encoding for .pdbrc

[serhiy-storchaka]

BPO	41137
Nosy	@vstinner, @methane, @serhiy-storchaka, @srinivasreddy, @eamanu
PRs	bpo-41137: Use utf-8 encoding while reading .pdbrc files #21263 bpo-41137: Reorganize What's New in Python 3.11 #28518

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title = 'pdb uses the locale encoding for .pdbrc'
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[serhiy-storchaka]

pdb uses the locale encoding when read the .pdbrc file. It means that the current locale of the debugged program affects it. It also makes .pdbrc not portable between different platforms.

It is usually not an issue, because the .pdbrc file usually contains ASCII-only data. But maybe always use UTF-8 for .pdbrc files?

[methane]

+1 for UTF-8 always.

[methane]

New changeset 58248d9 by Srinivas Reddy Thatiparthy (శ్రీనివాస్ రెడ్డి తాటిపర్తి) in branch 'main':
bpo-41137: Use utf-8 encoding while reading .pdbrc files (GH-21263)
58248d9

[vstinner]

New changeset ec7ffa4 by Victor Stinner in branch 'main':
bpo-41137: Reorganize What's New in Python 3.11 (GH-28518)
ec7ffa4