Item 10, 3rd Edition, from learning.oreilly.com: determine default encoding using incorrect function name...

[KjellSwedin]

The lesson here is that you should check the default encoding on your system (using python3 -c 'import locale; print(locale.getpreferred-encoding())') to understand how it differs from your expectations.

should be:

The lesson here is that you should check the default encoding on your system (using python3 -c 'import locale; print(locale.getpreferredencoding())') to understand how it differs from your expectations.

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As written:
kjells:notebooks$ python3 -c 'import locale; print(locale.getpreferred-encoding())'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
AttributeError: module 'locale' has no attribute 'getpreferred'

With change:
kjells:notebooks$ python3 -c 'import locale; print(locale.getpreferredencoding())'
UTF-8

kjells:notebooks$ python3 --version
Python 3.12.3

[bslatkin]

Yes this typo snuck in there! Thank you for the report. We'll get it fixed.