From 73205b1f8cfde400d86cf2e73a0fde11ac71eec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <aider@paulg.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 14:57:13 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: Move charset test to separate method in Spinner
 class

---
 aider/utils.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/aider/utils.py b/aider/utils.py
index c1b7e8d9d..9748b73e1 100644
--- a/aider/utils.py
+++ b/aider/utils.py
@@ -277,7 +277,12 @@ class Spinner:
         self.last_update = 0
         self.visible = False
         self.is_tty = sys.stdout.isatty()
+        self.tested = False
 
+    def test_charset(self):
+        if self.tested:
+            return
+        self.tested = True
         # Try unicode first, fall back to ascii if needed
         try:
             # Test if we can print unicode characters
@@ -303,6 +308,7 @@ class Spinner:
         if not self.visible:
             return
 
+        self.test_charset()
         print(f"\r{self.text} {next(self.spinner_chars)}\r{self.text} ", end="", flush=True)
 
     def end(self):