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 ...

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 ...

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.
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Of bytes and encoded strings

Tcl represents all strings (as opposed to »byte arrays«) as UTF-8 internally. I/O channels can be set up with other encodings such that data read from them is converted from that encoding to UTF-8, or ...