#!python3
# The most boring yet indispensable function: print!
import sys
_CHARMAP = str.maketrans({ 'œ': 'ö', 'Œ': 'Ö', 'ʳ': "r", 'ᵉ': "e", '…': "_", \
'“': '"', '”': '"', '„': '"', '‘': "'", '’': "'", \
'ā': 'â', 'Ā': 'Â', 'ē': 'ê', 'Ē': 'Ê', 'ī': 'î', 'Ī': 'Î', \
'ō': 'ô', 'Ō': 'Ô', 'ū': 'û', 'Ū': 'Û', 'Ÿ': 'Y', \
'ś': 's', 'ŝ': 's', \
'—': '-', '–': '-'
})
def echo (obj, sep=' ', end='\n', file=sys.stdout, flush=False):
""" Print for Windows to avoid Python crashes.
Encoding depends on Windows locale. No useful standard.
Always returns True (useful for debugging)."""
if sys.platform != "win32":
print(obj, sep=sep, end=end, file=file, flush=flush)
return True
try:
print(str(obj).translate(_CHARMAP), sep=sep, end=end, file=file, flush=flush)
except:
print(str(obj).encode('ascii', 'replace').decode('ascii', 'replace'), sep=sep, end=end, file=file, flush=flush)
return True