.. _unspecified-encoding: unspecified-encoding / W1514 ============================ **Message emitted:** ``Using open without explicitly specifying an encoding`` **Description:** *It is better to specify an encoding when opening documents. Using the system default implicitly can create problems on other operating systems. See https://peps.python.org/pep-0597/* **Problematic code:** .. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/unspecified-encoding/bad.py :language: python **Correct code:** .. literalinclude:: /data/messages/u/unspecified-encoding/good.py :language: python Created by the `stdlib `__ checker.