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1"""Utilities for cross-platform console output. 

2 

3This module provides helpers for rendering console output that works 

4across different platforms, particularly handling Windows encoding limitations. 

5""" 

6 

7import platform 

8 

9 

10def get_box_char(unicode_char: str, ascii_fallback: str) -> str: 

11 """Get appropriate box-drawing character based on platform. 

12 

13 On Windows, returns ASCII fallback to avoid UnicodeEncodeError with cp1252. 

14 On other platforms, returns the Unicode character for better visual output. 

15 

16 Args: 

17 unicode_char: The Unicode character to use on non-Windows platforms 

18 ascii_fallback: The ASCII fallback to use on Windows 

19 

20 Returns: 

21 The appropriate character for the current platform 

22 """ 

23 if platform.system() == "Windows": 

24 return ascii_fallback 

25 return unicode_char 

26 

27 

28# Common characters 

29CHECKMARK = get_box_char("✓", "OK") 

30BULLET = get_box_char("•", "*") 

31HORIZONTAL_LINE = get_box_char("─", "-")