[Python-Dev] PEP: Defining Python Source Code Encodings

[Michael Hudson]

"M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

> - which format to use for the magic comment, e.g.
> 
>   * Emacs style:
> 
>       #!/usr/bin/python
>       # -*- encoding = 'utf-8' -*-

Emacs already has a name for this; you'd write that

# -*- coding: utf-8; -*-

Seems reasonable to me.

Cheers,
M.

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