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| -rw-r--r-- | kconfiglib.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kconfiglib.py b/kconfiglib.py index de3f959..58ef8e4 100644 --- a/kconfiglib.py +++ b/kconfiglib.py @@ -891,8 +891,9 @@ class Kconfig(object): True/False. encoding (default: "utf-8"): - The encoding to use when reading and writing files. If None, the - encoding specified in the current locale will be used. + The encoding to use when reading and writing files, and when decoding + output from commands run via $(shell). If None, the encoding + specified in the current locale will be used. The "utf-8" default avoids exceptions on systems that are configured to use the C locale, which implies an ASCII encoding. |