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In python, if a file opened using the w access flag will the data written to file be:

  • ASCII-encoded
  • encoded using the UTF-8 scheme
  • encoded using some other scheme?

If it is platform or system specific, how do we find out which encoding scheme is used, or is there a different library I should use for file I/O for which we explicitly specify the encoding scheme?

file = open("data.txt", "w")
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  • It does not depend on the file mode. Commented Mar 16, 2023 at 1:28

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Per the open docs:

In text mode, if encoding is not specified the encoding used is platform-dependent: locale.getencoding() is called to get the current locale encoding.

You can always specify it manually mind you; that's what the optional encoding argument is for.

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