>> Could you explain why not? utf-8 seems like the common thread for using
> surrogateescape so I'm not sure what would make en_US.UTF-8 different than
> C.UTF-8.
>
Because there are many lang_COUNTRY.UTF-8 locales:
ja_JP.UTF-8, zh_TW.UTF-8, fr_FR.UTF-8, etc...
If only en_US.UTF-8 should use surrogateescape, it may make confusing situation
like: "This script works in English Linux desktop, but doesn't work in
Japanese Linux
desktop!"
I accepted PEP 540. So even if failed to coerce locale, it is better
than Python 3.6.
Regards,
INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com>
