Python 3.15 defaults to UTF-8 for character encoding. Changes on Windows

On October 9, 2026, Python 3.15.0 was released. When opening a file with open() without specifying a character encoding, it now reads and writes in UTF-8 regardless of OS settings.The impact is ...

Handling CSV Character Encoding, Dates, and Numbers Correctly: A Practical Introduction to Python

When you start working with CSVs in Python, almost everyone hits the same wall. It looks garbled when opened in Excel. Dates ...
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Python 3.15 Released With Experimental JIT Compiler Running Faster

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