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PEP 686 – Make UTF-8 mode default

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238 points GalaxySnail | 1 comments | 26 Apr 24 11:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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a-french-anon ◴[26 Apr 24 15:08 UTC] No.40170353[source]▶
Why not utf-8-sig, though? It handles optional BOMs. Had to fix a script last week that choked on it.
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shellac ◴[26 Apr 24 16:09 UTC] No.40171048[source]▶
At this point nothing ought to be inserting BOMs in utf-8. It's not recommended, and I think choking on it is reasonable behaviour these days.
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Athas ◴[26 Apr 24 16:21 UTC] No.40171192[source]▶
Why were BOMs ever allowed for UTF-8?
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1. josefx ◴[26 Apr 24 16:41 UTC] No.40171452[source]▶
Some editors used them to help detect UTF-8 encoded files. Since they are also valid zero length space characters they also served as a nice easter egg for people who ended up editing their linux shell scripts with a windows text editor.