PY3.W1514

Unspecified encoding

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/

Noncompliant Code:

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def foo(file_path):
    with open(file_path) as file:
        contents = file.read()

Compliant Code:

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def foo(file_path):
    with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
        contents = file.read()

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