Parsing XML file with Unicode characters causes problem

[jaylogan]

BPO	3742
Nosy	@ezio-melotti
Files	read_song_xml.py: Python program to load an XML file argument

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2009-02-21.03:15:31.813>
created_at = <Date 2008-08-31.19:43:38.076>
labels = ['expert-XML', 'type-bug', 'invalid']
title = 'Parsing XML file with Unicode characters causes problem'
updated_at = <Date 2009-02-21.03:15:31.812>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jaylogan'

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actor = 'benjamin.peterson'
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closed_date = <Date 2009-02-21.03:15:31.813>
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components = ['XML']
creation = <Date 2008-08-31.19:43:38.076>
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
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status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue3742'
versions = ['Python 3.0']

[jaylogan]

Python 3.0b2 will not parse the XML file located at
http://rubyquiz.com/SongLibrary.xml.gz

It complains of a UnicodeEncodeError
'charmap' codec can't encode character '\xc8' in position 45: ch
aracter maps to <undefined>

I included a sample program, just in case I was doing something wrong
while coding.

Python 3.0b2 (r30b2:65106, Jul 18 2008, 18:44:17) [MSC v.1500 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
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[ezio-melotti]

The encoding used by the windows terminal (usually cp850) is not able to
encode all the characters, so when you print the text that you extract
from the xml file the terminal is not able able to display some
characters. If you remove the print() it works fine. You can also try to
write the results on a file using utf-8.

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