[Python-Dev] Non-ASCII characters in test_pep277.py in 2.3

[Guido van Rossum]

> > I'm still not 100% comfortable with using arbitrary coding cookies in
> > the Python distribution.  I like having the feature, but I would
> > prefer if the Python source distribution could be viewed with tools
> > that aren't encoding-aware.  
> 
> Does that mean you also want to remove test_pep263.py?

No, see what I added to PEP 8. :-)

> > On my Red Hat 7.2 Linux box, I have found no programs that
> > understand the UTF8 cookie.
> 
> Try IDLE :-)
> 
> > They all seem to default to Latin-1.  Since I also don't really want
> > to assume Latin-1, I'd prefer if we could stick to ASCII, with the
> > exception of tests explicitly needed for PEP 263.
> 
> There are a number of files that have Latin-1 in them, mostly in
> comments. Should we change those as well?

Mostly no, see what I added to PEP 8. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)