.. _bad-file-encoding:

bad-file-encoding / C2503
=========================

**Message emitted:**

``PEP8 recommends UTF-8 as encoding for Python files``

**Description:**

*PEP8 recommends UTF-8 default encoding for Python files. See https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/#source-file-encoding*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/bad-file-encoding/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/b/bad-file-encoding/good.py
   :language: python





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