setdefaultencoding error

[smalltalk]

>>import sys

>>sys.setdefaultencoding(utf8)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaultencoding'

but i find the attribute"setdefaultencoding" in python manuals

where is the error?

[John Machin]

On Dec 8, 8:36 pm, smalltalk <[e-mail]:

>import sys
sys.setdefaultencoding(utf8)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'setdefaultencoding'

but i find the attribute"setdefaultencoding" in python manuals

where is the error?

You need to do more than find an attribute in a manual, you need to
read what the manual says about that attribute.

[smalltalk]

thank you very much
I have solved