Steven D'Aprano wrote:
[reading Bengali]
> In Python 2, you probably need to do this:
>
> f = open("filename")
> bytes = f.read()
> text = bytes.decode('which-encoding-you-use')
> f.close()In Python 2, I'd rather take a look at the "codecs" module (see http://docs.python.org), namely the "codecs.open" function. Uli -- Sator Laser GmbH Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
