Python Unicode output tester

test_unicode_stdout.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import codecs
import locale

unicode_string = u'  \\u2013: \u2013'

print 'sys.stdout.encoding: %(enc)s' % {'enc': sys.stdout.encoding}

try:
    print 'trying `print`...'
    print unicode_string
except UnicodeEncodeError:
    print '  UnicodeEncodeError'

try:
    print 'trying default `sys.stdout.write`...'
    sys.stdout.write(unicode_string)
    print
except UnicodeEncodeError:
    print '  UnicodeEncodeError'

try:
    # https://wiki.python.org/moin/PrintFails
    print 'trying StreamWriter `sys.stdout.write`...'
    sys.stdout = codecs.getwriter(locale.getpreferredencoding())(sys.stdout)
    sys.stdout.write(unicode_string)
    print
except UnicodeEncodeError:
    print '  UnicodeEncodeError'