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Author	vstinner
Recipients	eryksun, lemburg, methane, vstinner
Date	2021-03-20.14:45:16
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Python uses GetACP(), the ANSI code page of the operating system, for years. What is the advantage of using a different encoding? In my experience, most applications use the ANSI code page because they use the ANSI flavor of the Windows API. What is the use case for using ___lc_codepage()? Is it a different encoding?

Python uses GetACP(), the ANSI code page of the operating system, for years. What is the advantage of using a different encoding? In my experience, most applications use the ANSI code page because they use the ANSI flavor of the Windows API.

What is the use case for using ___lc_codepage()? Is it a different encoding?

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