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-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/textView.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
index 3f3c247..e5c551a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/textView.py
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ def view_text(parent, title, text):
def view_file(parent, title, filename, encoding=None):
try:
- if encoding:
- import codecs
- textFile = codecs.open(filename, 'r')
- else:
- textFile = open(filename, 'r')
+ textFile = open(filename, 'r', encoding=encoding)
except IOError:
import tkinter.messagebox as tkMessageBox
tkMessageBox.showerror(title='File Load Error',
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 91c65a6..38533dd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ C-API
Library
-------
+- Issue #8203: Fix IDLE Credits dialog: view_file() uses its encoding argument.
+
- Issue #8720: fix regression caused by fix for #4050 by making getsourcefile
smart enough to find source files in the linecache.