Additions from Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal@lemburg.com>, documenting
getdefaultencoding() and setdefaultencoding().
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index 8d9d022..8199b1b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@
fatal internal error is detected, or when \code{os._exit()} is called.
\end{datadesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{getdefaultencoding}{}
+ Return the name of the current default string encoding used by the
+ Unicode implementation.
+ \versionadded{2.0}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{getrefcount}{object}
Return the reference count of the \var{object}. The count returned is
generally one higher than you might expect, because it includes the
@@ -254,7 +260,7 @@
Strings specifying the primary and secondary prompt of the
interpreter. These are only defined if the interpreter is in
interactive mode. Their initial values in this case are
- \code{'>>> '} and \code{'... '}. If a non-string object is assigned
+ \code{'>\code{>}> '} and \code{'... '}. If a non-string object is assigned
to either variable, its \function{str()} is re-evaluated each time
the interpreter prepares to read a new interactive command; this can
be used to implement a dynamic prompt.
@@ -270,6 +276,20 @@
maximizing responsiveness as well as overhead.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{setdefaultencoding}{name}
+ Set the current default string encoding used by the Unicode
+ implementation. If \var{name} does not match any available
+ encoding, \exception{LookupError} is raised. This function is only
+ intended to be used by the \refmodule{site} module implementation
+ and, where needed, by \module{sitecustomize}. Once used by the
+ \refmodule{site} module, it is removed from the \module{sys}
+ module's namespace.
+% Note that \refmodule{site} is not imported if
+% the \programopt{-S} option is passed to the interpreter, in which
+% case this function will remain available.
+ \versionadded{2.0}
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{setprofile}{profilefunc}
Set the system's profile function, which allows you to implement a
Python source code profiler in Python. See the chapter on the