[Python-Dev] Improve open() to support reading file starting with an unicode BOM (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sat Jan 9 04:07:12 CET 2010


MRAB wrote:

Maybe there should also be a way of determining what encoding it decided it was, so that you can then write a new file in that same encoding.

I thought of that question as well - the f.encoding attribute on the opened file should be sufficient.

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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