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authorAmaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com>2009-01-01 23:05:36 (GMT)
committerAmaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com>2009-01-01 23:05:36 (GMT)
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#4747: on Windows, starting a module with a non-ascii filename would print a useless "SyntaxError: None"
when the script contains a "# coding:" declaration. The Python API expects char* to be utf-8 encoded. wcstombs should be avoided here. Reviewed by Benjamin. Will backport to 3.0
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #4747: When the terminal does not use utf-8, executing a script with
+ non-ascii characters in its name could fail with a "SyntaxError: None" error.
+
- Issue #4797: IOError.filename was not set when _fileio.FileIO failed to open
file with `bytes' filename on Windows.