Python 3.15 goes global with UTF-8 support

Today all the cool languages and runtimes pledge allegiance to UTF-8, including Rust, Go, and Node.js (JavaScript itself prefers UTF-16 for internal encoding). Most code editors, from Visual Studio ...
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Python 3.15 arrives with lazy imports, UTF-8 by default and a faster JIT

Python 3.15 is out with explicit lazy imports, UTF-8 as the default encoding, frozendict and sentinel types, the Tachyon ...

Python 3.15 released: Lazy imports, UTF-8 and new data types

Python 3.15 is expected to speed up some programs and simplifies handling immutable data. UTF-8 as standard requires testing.

Can't read CSV even in Python 3.15? Practice specifying character encoding

"I updated Python, but I can't read Japanese CSV files." When you open a file you've received and see a string of English ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

The dreaded UnicodeDecodeError exception is one of the signature "features" of Python 3. It is raised when the language encounters a byte sequence that it cannot ...

[IT News] Python 3.15.0 Officially Released: A Summary of Official Announcements on What Has Changed

This article is a summary of the official announcement. Verification date: 2026-10-10. Screens and conditions are subject to ...
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Python 3, ASCII, and UTF-8

As far as I'm concerned, it is silly to claim that Python's Unicode strings are “strictly not better” than byte sequences when it is possible, in Python 3, to open a text file using the built-in open( ...