Python 3.15 defaults to UTF-8 for character encoding. Changes on Windows

On October 9, 2026, Python 3.15.0 was released. When opening a file with open() without specifying a character encoding, it ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

The dreaded UnicodeDecodeError exception is one of the signature "features" of Python 3. It is raised when the language encounters a byte sequence that it cannot ...
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Python 3.15 稳定版发布，默认采用 UTF-8 编码

IT之家 10 月 10 日消息，当地时间 10 月 9 日，Python 3.15.0 稳定版正式发布，相较于 Python 3.14，该版本带来了大量新特性与性能优化，汇聚了来自 1,012 位贡献者完成的 5,643 次代码提交。

Verifying Revisions to Handover Procedures with Python | UTF-8 Document Diff CLI and ...

When revising handover procedures using AI or templates, changes to operational conditions or stop criteria can be mixed in with changes intended to make the text easier to read. This article is a pra ...
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Python 3.15 arrives with lazy imports, UTF-8 by default and a faster JIT

Python 3.15 reached stable status on Oct. 9, 2026, according to its official release page. Its headline changes put UTF-8 in charge of text encoding by default and introduce an opt-in lazy keyword for ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

I'm against making magic "unicode" strings with unspecified encoding and then forcing everything to use these strings. The idea behind “Unicode” strings is that they are not encoded at all (so much ...