Yet Chrismas ?

# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-


allowed in IronPython v1.0.1 and no word in the v1.0.1 Release Notes. This was one off the major annoyances when trying to reuse old Python scripts. I only discovered it by chance when I was collecting material for my planned pitfall section.

C:\D\_svn\trunk\examples\python>ipy simple_text_demo.py
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u'abc\xe4'
u'abc\xe4'
abcä

C:\D\_svn\trunk\examples\python>ipy10 simple_text_demo.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File mscorlib, line unknown, in .ctor
File mscorlib, line unknown, in .ctor
TypeError: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: encoding

C:\D\_svn\trunk\examples\python>

You find the example here. Many thanks to the IronPython developers. This saves me a lot of time.