Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> added the comment: > utf8 has a special flag
No, it doesn't. > as a special mark for editors. That's the BOM, or UTF-8 signature. It's optional, and UTF-8-encoded files typically do *not* have the UTF-8 signature. > Even after making change in > it in IDLE, it does not became real utf8. Your understanding of UTF-8 is incorrect. _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4815> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com