[ python-Bugs-1697943 ] msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

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Bugs item #1697943, was opened at 2007-04-10 22:58
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Category: Demos and Tools
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Christoph Zwerschke (cito)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: msgfmt cannot cope with BOM

Initial Comment:
If a .po file has a BOM (byte order mark) at the beginning, as is often the case for utf-8 files created on Windows, msgfmt.py complines about a syntax error.

The attached patch fixes this problem.

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