#!/usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann. All rights reserved. # """Error handling with character map encodings. """ #end_pymotw_header import codecs from codecs_invertcaps_charmap import encoding_map text = u'pi: π' for error in [ 'ignore', 'replace', 'strict' ]: try: encoded = codecs.charmap_encode(text, error, encoding_map) except UnicodeEncodeError, err: encoded = str(err) print '{:7}: {}'.format(error, encoded)