python -m pdb <utf-8 encoding file.py> return UnicodeDecodeError on Windows 8.1/10 (code page 936) #103578
Description
how to replicate the issue
Python 3.11.3/3.11.2/3.11.1/3.11.0 (python-3.11.3-amd64.exe etc)
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19044.2130] (Active code page: 936)
tmp.py
#coding:utf-8 print("中文")python -m pdb tmp.py
Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\xond\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\pdb.py", line 1774, in main pdb._run(target) File "C:\Users\xond\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\pdb.py", line 1652, in _run self.run(target.code) ^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\xond\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\pdb.py", line 167, in code return f"exec(compile({fp.read()!r}, {self!r}, 'exec'))" ^^^^^^^^^ UnicodeDecodeError: 'gbk' codec can't decode byte 0xae in position 28: illegal multibyte sequence Uncaught exception. Entering post mortem debugging Running 'cont' or 'step' will restart the program > c:\users\xond\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\lib\pdb.py(167)code() -> return f"exec(compile({fp.read()!r}, {self!r}, 'exec'))"