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    Type:Bug 
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    Resolution: Fixed
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    Priority:Major - P3 
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        ALL
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        Platforms 2017-05-08
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The IDL compiler calls io.open without specifying an encoding. The encoding chosen is platform-dependent. The fix is to specify "encoding='utf-8'" to ensure UTF-8 is always used.