Marco Buttu added the comment:
You wrote: "It is also possible to specify a different encoding for source
files. In order to do this, you can use a special comment line that defines the
source file encoding::". I think that is not true, because the line have to be
the first line, or right below a comment (just one, as in the case of the
shebang). For instance, in this case Python apply the declared coding:
$ cat foo.py
# The first line is a comment
# -*- coding: ascii -*-
print('è') # Encoded in UTF-8
$ python foo.py
...
SyntaxError: encoding problem: ascii
In this case it does not:
$ cat foo.py
# The first line is a comment
# and also the sencond line
# -*- coding: ascii -*-
print('è') # Encoded in UTF-8
$ python foo.py
è
But I think you are right that the current doc is confusing. Maybe yon can
write something like this:
"It is also possible to specify a different encoding for source files. In order
to do this, put one special comment line to define the source file encoding:
# -*- coding: encoding -*-
This coding comment has to be the first line of the file, or the second line in
case the first one is the #! line."
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nosy: +marco.buttu
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