Work in progress pylint-dev#8736

pylint/reporters/base_reporter.py

@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ def handle_message(self, msg: Message) -> None:
 
     def writeln(self, string: str = "") -> None:
         """Write a line in the output buffer."""
-        print(string, file=self.out)
+        try:
+            print(string, file=self.out)
+        except UnicodeEncodeError:
+            best_effort_string = string.encode(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore")
+            print(best_effort_string.decode("utf8"), file=self.out)
 
     def display_reports(self, layout: Section) -> None:
         """Display results encapsulated in the layout tree."""

tests/functional/r/regression_02/regression_8736.py

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"""This does not crash in the functional tests, but it does when called directly"""
+assert "\U00010000" == "\ud800\udc00"