Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: open() uses locale encoding by default. You should specify correct encoding explicitly for portability and unambiguity.
>>> compile(open("bom3.py", encoding="utf-8-sig").read(), "bom3.py", 'exec') <code object <module> at 0xb707a7a0, file "bom3.py", line 2> ---------- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25051> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com