[Answered ]-UTF8 characters in Django source code

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In Python 2, source files are interpreted as ASCII by default, unless a coding declaration like the one in your question appears at the top of the file.

In Python 3, source files are interpreted as UTF-8 by default (again, unless a coding declaration specifies some other encoding).

Information on the history of this change can be found in PEP 3120: Using UTF-8 as the default source encoding.

There’s no other way to force Python to interpret a source file as an encoding other than the default.

So, you have two choices:

  1. Add the coding declaration to every source file which includes non-ASCII characters.

  2. Switch to Python 3.

Option 2 is by far the better choice, and will save you a lot of headache in the long run.

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