Python BOM error in Ascii file

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Python BOM error in Ascii file

I have a wierd annoying problem with Python 2.6

I trying to run this file (and the other), on my Embedded Linux ARM board. http://svn.tuxisalive.com/software_suite_v3/smart-core/smart-server/trunk/TDSService.py

I get this error

File "tuxhttpserver.py", line 1 SyntaxError: encoding problem: with BOM

I know that error is about the BOM bytes etc etc. BUT, there are NO BOM bytes, its plain Ascii. I checked with a Hexeditor, and the linux File command says its Ascii.

Im freaking out here... The code worked fine on my Sheevaplug (also a ARM based system).

+3 A:

Don't get too hung up on the "with BOM" remark. It's probably not relevant. What this error usually means is that the Python you are trying to run in does not support the encoding you declare. Observe:

% head -1 tmp.py
# -*- coding: asdfasdfasdf -*-
% python tmp.py
  File "tmp.py", line 1
SyntaxError: encoding problem: with BOM

The Python installation you are running on this Embedded Linux ARM board probably lacks the 'latin-1' encoding. Since you don't have any non-ASCII characters in your source file, just declare the encoding as 'ascii', or leave out the encoding altogether.

Thomas Wouters 2010-04-28 12:18:37

If i change the Latin1 to ascii, it makes no difference. If i remove the line, i get the same error, but in the 'import version' line.

Intosia 2010-04-28 12:36:58

Then I guess the Python installation you run on has *no encodings what so ever*. The fact that you get the error on the 'import version' line probably means the 'version' module has an encoding header as well. I would invest some time to make at least *some* encodings work on this Python installation.

Thomas Wouters 2010-04-28 12:40:14

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