ElementTree should use UTF-8 for xml declaration. · Issue #91810 · python/cpython · GitHub
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ElementTree should use UTF-8 for xml declaration. #91810

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Feature or enhancement

Currently, ElementTree.tostring(root, encoding="unicode", xml_declaration=True) uses locale encoding.

I think ElementTree should use UTF-8, instead of locale encoding.

Example:

$ LANG=ja_JP.eucJP ./python.exe
Python 3.11.0a7+ (heads/bytes-alloc-dirty:7fbc7f6128, Apr 19 2022, 16:53:54) [Clang 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)] on darwin
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>>> import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
>>> et = ET.fromstring("<t>hello</t>")
>>> ET.tostring(et, encoding="unicode", xml_declaration=True)
"<?xml version='1.0' encoding='eucJP'?>\n<t>hello</t>"

Code:

Pitch

  • UTF-8 is the most common encoding for XML.
  • Locale encoding name (e.g. cp932 or eucJP) would be different from XML encoding name recommended by w3c (e.g. Shift_JIS or EUC-JP).

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