329         # Python 2.x's mimetypes module attempts to decode strings

   329         # Python 2.x's mimetypes module attempts to decode strings

   330         # from Windows' ANSI APIs as ascii (fail), then re-encode them

   330         # from Windows' ANSI APIs as ascii (fail), then re-encode them

   331         # as ascii (clown fail), because the default Python Unicode

   331         # as ascii (clown fail), because the default Python Unicode

   332         # codec is hardcoded as ascii.

   332         # codec is hardcoded as ascii.

   333 

   333 

   334         reload(sys) # resurrect sys.setdefaultencoding()

   335         reload(sys) # resurrect sys.setdefaultencoding()

   335         oldenc = sys.getdefaultencoding()

   336         oldenc = sys.getdefaultencoding()

   336         sys.setdefaultencoding("latin1") # or any full 8-bit encoding

   337         sys.setdefaultencoding("latin1") # or any full 8-bit encoding

   337         mimetypes.init()

   338         mimetypes.init()

   338         sys.setdefaultencoding(oldenc)

   339         sys.setdefaultencoding(oldenc)