Correct the documented default encoding (GH-18429)

eric-wieser · web-flow · commit bf15d5b775c3 · 2020-02-10T15:32:18.000-08:00
From the source for `PyUnicode_Decode`, the implementation is:
```
if (encoding == NULL) {
    return PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8Stateful(s, size, errors, NULL);
}
```
which is pretty clearly not defaulting to ASCII.

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I assume this needs neither a news entry nor bpo link.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ have the same semantics as the ones of the built-in :func:`str` string object
 constructor.
 
 Setting encoding to ``NULL`` causes the default encoding to be used
-which is ASCII.  The file system calls should use
+which is UTF-8.  The file system calls should use
 :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter` for encoding file names. This uses the
 variable :c:data:`Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding` internally. This
 variable should be treated as read-only: on some systems, it will be a
