Notes from the linux-sig thread at: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/linux-sig/2017-January/000014.html
Python runtime initialized with LC_CTYPE=C (a locale with default ASCII encoding), which may cause Unicode compatibility problems. Using C.UTF-8 as an alternative Unicode-compatible locale is recommended.
Notes from the linux-sig thread at: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/linux-sig/2017-January/000014.html
PYTHONCOERCECLOCALE=0) rather than being an on-switch for more permissive behaviour