[issue7519] CompileParser can't read files with BOM markers

[grego87]

New submission from grego87 <grego87 at gmail.com>:

If config.ini file is encoded with utf-8 with bom markers this code

import ConfigParser
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read("config.ini")
config.sections()

throws:

ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: config.ini, line: 1
'\xef\xbb\xbf[section]\n'

ConfigParser should be able to read such files.

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components: Library (Lib), Unicode
files: config.ini
messages: 96457
nosy: grego87
severity: normal
status: open
title: CompileParser can't read files with BOM markers
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15569/config.ini

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