[issue9241] SAXParseError on unicode (Japanese) file

[Gianfranco]

New submission from Gianfranco <gianzula at tin.it>:

When parsing a UTF-16 little-endian encoded XML file containing some japanese characters, the xml.sax.parse function raises a SAXParseException exception saying "no element found". Problem arises with/on:

Python 2.5.2/Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bit
Python 2.6.4/Windows XP Pro SP3 32 bit
Python 2.5.2/Windows 2008 Server SP2 64 bit

The same file is successfully processed with/on:

Python 2.4.3/CentOS 5.4
Python 2.6.3/CentOS 5.4

I've attached a minimal XML file that contains a single U+FF1A japanese character that triggers the exception. Code for parsing the file follows:

import xml.sax
xml.sax.parse(open("ff1a.xml"), xml.sax.ContentHandler())

Best regards,
Gianfranco

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components: XML
files: ff1a.xml
messages: 110163
nosy: gianzula
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: SAXParseError on unicode (Japanese) file
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17979/ff1a.xml

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