[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-679880 ] 'compile' refuses BOM.

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Bugs item #679880, was opened at 2003-02-04 00:05
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kirill Simonov (kirill_simonov)
>Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: 'compile' refuses BOM.

Initial Comment:
The builtin 'compile' function refuses source files
with UTF-8 BOM marks.

For example,

$ python2.3 testutf8.py

works correctly, but

$ python2.3
>>> compile(open('testutf8.py').read(), 'testutf8.py',
'exec')

fails.



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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2003-02-04 10:18

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No time for this. Assigning to Martin. Feel free to pass it on.

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