From: Tommy Guy <richardtguy84@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:36:48 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Switched to stdout codec, and switched ignore to replace. This could be a teaching... 
X-Git-Url: https://projects.mako.cc/source/twitter-api-cdsw-solutions/commitdiff_plain/d157b6236fb8b3fc3fb51c38f2bcb235b22ccd8c?hp=628c9a0e9eac05e17cf37378f6417e17a1acdf5f

Switched to stdout codec, and switched ignore to replace. This could be a teaching moment: better to know you don't know.
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diff --git a/tweepy/models.py b/tweepy/models.py
index 0db677e..af80986 100644
--- a/tweepy/models.py
+++ b/tweepy/models.py
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ class Status(Model):
         status = cls(api)
 
         # I'm not proud. Blame billg.
-        json['text'] = str(json['text'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
+        import sys
+        json['text'] = str(json['text'].encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace'))[2:-1]
         if 'user' in json:
-            json['user']['screen_name'] = str(json['user']['screen_name'].encode('ascii', 'ignore'))[2:-1]
+            json['user']['screen_name'] = str(json['user']['screen_name'].encode(sys.stdout.encoding, 'replace'))[2:-1]
 
         setattr(status, '_json', json)
         for k, v in json.items():