[ python-Bugs-1281032 ] xml.sax.expatreader doesn't pass encoding to ParserCreate

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Bugs item #1281032, was opened at 2005-09-02 22:14
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Category: XML
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Samuel Bayer (sambayer)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: xml.sax.expatreader doesn't pass encoding to ParserCreate

Initial Comment:
The ParserCreate function in the expat module accepts an encoding 
argument, presumably for use when the encoding is not provided in 
the XML document. This function is invoked by the reset() method of 
the ExpatParser class in xml.sax.expatreader. The encoding, if 
provided, is available from the InputSource object stored in the 
self._source variable, but the value is not passed along to 
ParserCreate. This bug is present in Python 2.4.1.

I believe the correct fix is to change lines 246 and 247 in Lib/xml/
sax/expatreader.py from

            self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(None, " ",
                                              intern=self._interning)

to

            self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(self._source.getEncoding
(),  " ",
                                              intern=self._interning)

and line 252 from 

            self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(intern = self._interning)

to

            self._parser = expat.ParserCreate(self._source.getEncoding
(), intern = self._interning)

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