strange import error with Python-2.4.1

[Robin Becker]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
> 
>>Can I ask if you are specifying a source encoding in your file with a
>>pragma (?) like
>>
>># -*- coding: iso-8859-15 -*-
>>
>>I've noticed what appear to be spurious syntax errors from time to time
>>on such files, and have been attempting to debug the problem for some
>>time without any apparent success.
> 
> 
> http://www.python.org/sf/1175396
> 
> </F> 

thanks that looks like it, the __init__.py had


# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-

at the start.
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Robin Becker