BUG: use errors=replace for stdout

We print log messages and error messages that may contain file names
containing characters that cannot be represented in the stdout
encoding. Use replacement markers for those instead than raising
UnicodeEncodeError.

Fixes #535.

Author: dnicolodi

mesonpy/__init__.py

@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ def strip(string: str) -> str:
 @functools.lru_cache()
 def _use_ansi_colors() -> bool:
     """Determine whether logging should use ANSI color escapes."""
+
+    # We print log messages and error messages that may contain file
+    # names containing characters that cannot be represented in the
+    # stdout encoding. Use replacement markers for those instead than
+    # raising UnicodeEncodeError.
+    sys.stdout.reconfigure(errors='replace')  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+
     if 'NO_COLOR' in os.environ:
         return False
     if 'FORCE_COLOR' in os.environ or sys.stdout.isatty() and os.environ.get('TERM') != 'dumb':