[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

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[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: > I never understood the usage of the second item. IMO it should be None if no > cookie found. UTF-8 is the default source encoding for Python 3. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker

[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

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[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

STINNER Victor added the comment: > no cookie found, returns ('utf-8', [line1, line2]) I never understood the usage of the second item. IMO it should be None if no cookie found. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

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[issue9771] add an optional "default" argument to tokenize.detect_encoding

New submission from Florent Xicluna : The function tokenize.detect_encoding() detects the encoding either in the coding cookie or in the BOM. If no encoding is found, it returns 'utf-8': When result is 'utf-8', there's no (easy) way to know if the encoding was really detected in the file, or