voussoirkit/voussoirkit/safeprint.py

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Python

'''
This function is slow and ugly, but I need a way to safely print unicode strings
on systems that don't support it without crippling those who do.
'''
import sys
def safeprint_handle(text, *, file_handle, end='\n'):
for character in text:
try:
file_handle.write(character)
except UnicodeError:
file_handle.write('?')
file_handle.write(end)
def safeprint_stdout(text, *, end='\n'):
safeprint_handle(text=text, file_handle=sys.stdout, end=end)
sys.stdout.flush()
def safeprint(text, *, file_handle=None, end='\n'):
if file_handle is not None:
return safeprint_handle(text=text, file_handle=file_handle, end=end)
else:
return safeprint_stdout(text=text, end=end)