[Python-Dev] PEP 263 considered faulty (for some Japanese) (original) (raw)

Chris Hagner chagner@yahoo.com
Wed, 13 Mar 2002 04:42:01 -0800 (PST)

Greg Ewing wrote... Seems to me there shouldn't be changeable default encoding for source files at all. The encoding of a source file is a property of the file itself, not the interpreter used to read it. Guido van Rossum wrote... But practicality beats purity. Some people don't exchange Python code with others, but they use a lot of code they write and maintain themselves. It's hard to explain to them the need of repeating the encoding in every single module.

This may be naive, but would a package-level encoding specifier be a useful middle ground? This would adhere to the "purity" of associating the encoding with the source files, but still provide a less laborious solution (assuming source files are relatively well-organized in packages)...

Along this line of thought, I would assume the big question would be, "Is it safe/fair/wise to assume a package's source files are homogenous (encoding-wise)?".

Chris Hagner

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