is there a way to get the encoding of python file

[Robert Kern]

On 9/12/10 4:14 AM, Stef Mientki wrote:
>   hello,
>
> Is it possible to get the encoding of a python file from the first source line,
> (if there's any),
> after importing it ( with '__import__' )
>
> # -*- coding: windows-1252 -*-

The regular expression used to match the encoding declaration is given here:

http://docs.python.org/reference/lexical_analysis.html#encoding-declarations

-- 
Robert Kern

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  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
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