python 3.0, how to make print() output unicode?

Question

I\'m working in WinXP 5.1.2600, writing a Python application involving Chinese pinyin, which has involved me in endless Unicode problems. Switching to Python 3.0 has solved

Answer 1

Here's a dirty hack:

# works
import os
os.system("chcp 65001 &")
print("юникод")

However everything breaks it:

• simple muting first line already breaks it:

  # doesn't work
  import os
  os.system("chcp 65001 >nul &")
  print("юникод")
  

• checking for OS type breaks it:

  # doesn't work
  import os
  if os.name == "nt":
      os.system("chcp 65001 &")
  
  print("юникод")
  

• it doesn't even works under if block:

  # doesn't work
  import os
  if os.name == "nt":
      os.system("chcp 65001 &")
      print("юникод")
  

But one can print with cmd's echo:

# works
import os
os.system("chcp 65001 & echo {0}".format("юникод"))

and here's a simple way to make this cross-platform:

# works

import os

def simple_cross_platrofm_print(obj):
    if os.name == "nt":
        os.system("chcp 65001 >nul & echo {0}".format(obj))
    else:
        print(obj)

simple_cross_platrofm_print("юникод")

but the window's echo trailing empty line can't be suppressed.