Guido van Rossum <guido <at> python.org> writes: > > > Well, I think if we implement this the default behaviour *should* be > > changed. > > It looks a bit senseless to have two different "auto-choose" options, one with > > encoding=None and one with encoding="BOM". > > Well there *are* two different auto options: use the environment > variables (LANG etc.) or inspect the contents of the file. I think it > would be useful to have ways to specify both.
Yes, perhaps. In the context of open() however I think it would be helpful to change the default. Moreover, reading the BOM is certainly much more reliable than our current guessing based on the locale or the "device encoding". Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
