Source Encoding GBK/GB2312

[Kent Johnson]

steven at lczmsoft.com wrote:
> When I specify an source encoding such as:
> 
> # -*- coding: GBK -*-
> or
> # -*- coding: GB2312 -*-
> 
> as the first line of source, I got the following error:
> 
> SyntaxError: 'unknown encoding: GBK'
> 
> 
> Does this mean Python does not support GBK/GB2312?  What do I do?

GB2312 is supported in Python 2.4.
GB2312 support can be added to Python 2.3 with the CJKCodecs package:
http://cjkpython.i18n.org/

Kent

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