[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM - improve error message

Change by Irit Katriel : -- resolution: not a bug -> title: msgfmt cannot cope with BOM -> msgfmt cannot cope with BOM - improve error message versions: +Python 3.11 -Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Christoph Zwerschke added the comment: > Corresponding GNU gettext issue [1] was closed as "Not a Bug". Though I think the rationale given there pointing to RFC3629 section 6 is wrong, since that section explicitly refers to Internet protocols, but PO files are not an Internet protocol. Anywa

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Corresponding GNU gettext issue [1] was closed as "Not a Bug". [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18345 -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka resolution: -> not a bug status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

STINNER Victor added the comment: See also issue #7651: "Python3: guess text file charset using the BOM". -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

STINNER Victor added the comment: Extract of the Unicode standard: "Use of a BOM is neither required nor recommended for UTF-8, but may be encountered in contexts where UTF-8 data is converted from other encoding forms that use a BOM or where the BOM is used as a UTF-8 signature". See also t

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Changes by Antoine Pitrou : -- nosy: +haypo stage: unit test needed -> needs patch versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3 -Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Changes by Éric Araujo : -- nosy: +merwok ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Changes by Daniel Diniz : -- components: +Unicode keywords: +patch stage: -> test needed type: -> behavior versions: +Python 2.6, Python 3.1 -Python 2.5 ___ Python tracker __

[issue1697943] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Christoph Zwerschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Small improvement of the patch: Instead of hardcoding the BOM as '\xef\xbb\xbf', we should use codecs.BOM_UTF8. ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>