A post linking to The Register says even a smart quote could corrupt text or crash a Windows script.
A post linking to The Register says earlier Python versions defaulted to the host system's encoding. On Windows, scripts opening UTF-8-encoded datasets could corrupt non-ASCII characters or crash; a smart quote or fancy apostrophe could be enough to cause the problem.
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@Joab_JacksonEarlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have non-ASCII characters corrupt or crash the program. Culprits could be as innocuous as a smart quote or a fancy apostrophe. @TheRegister https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/14/python-315-goes-global-with-utf-8-support/5302966
@TheRegisterRT @Joab_Jackson: Earlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have…@Joab_JacksonEarlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have non-ASCII characters corrupt or crash the program. Culprits could be as innocuous as a smart quote or a fancy apostrophe. @TheRegister https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/14/python-315-goes-global-with-utf-8-support/5302966@TheRegisterRT @Joab_Jackson: Earlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have…@Joab_JacksonEarlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have non-ASCII characters corrupt or crash the program. Culprits could be as innocuous as a smart quote or a fancy apostrophe. @TheRegister https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/14/python-315-goes-global-with-utf-8-support/5302966@TheRegisterRT @Joab_Jackson: Earlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have…@Joab_JacksonEarlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have non-ASCII characters corrupt or crash the program. Culprits could be as innocuous as a smart quote or a fancy apostrophe. @TheRegister https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/10/14/python-315-goes-global-with-utf-8-support/5302966@TheRegisterRT @Joab_Jackson: Earlier Pythons defaulted to the host system's encoding. So Windows scripts opened UTF-8-encoded data sets, only to have…—
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