Merge pull request #3929 from rlaverde/save-original-encoding

PR: Save file with original encoding if possible
spyder-ide · Jan 7, 2017 · aaf345c · aaf345c
2 parents d7dd020 + ccacab3
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diff --git a/spyder/utils/encoding.py b/spyder/utils/encoding.py
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ def encode(text, orig_coding):
     if orig_coding == 'utf-8-bom':
         return BOM_UTF8 + text.encode("utf-8"), 'utf-8-bom'
 
+    # Try saving with original encoding
+    if orig_coding:
+        try:
+            return text.encode(orig_coding), orig_coding
+        except UnicodeError:
+            pass
+
     # Try declared coding spec
     coding = get_coding(text)
     if coding: