On 26-3-2010 0:16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
In message<mailman.1139.1269442366.23598.python-l...@python.org>, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote:BOM_UTF8 = '\xef\xbb\xbf'Since when does UTF-8 need a BOM?
It doesn't, but it is allowed. Not recommended though.Unfortunately several tools, such as notepad.exe, have a tendency of silently adding it when saving files.
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