(define (open-string-input-port str)
"Open an input port that will read from @var{str}."
- (open-input-string str))
+ (with-fluids ((%default-port-encoding "UTF-8"))
+ (open-input-string str)))
(define (open-string-output-port)
"Return two values: an output port that will collect characters written to it
as a string, and a thunk to retrieve the characters associated with that port."
- (let ((port (open-output-string)))
+ (let ((port (with-fluids ((%default-port-encoding "UTF-8"))
+ (open-output-string))))
(values port
(lambda () (get-output-string port)))))