[python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

[Doug Winter]

Alec Battles wrote:
> I seem to remember that 'file' in Linux detects encodings, but it's
> also a matter of calling it by the exact same name...

There is no foolproof way of detecting encoding unfortunately - you just
need to know what it is before you read the file.

Cheers,

Doug.

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