Is 'encoding is an invalid keyword' error inevitable in python 2.x?

Question

Ansi to UTF-8 using python causing error

I tried the answer there to convert ansi to utf-8.

import io

with io.open(file_path_ansi, encoding=\'latin-         


        

Answer 1

This is how you can convert ansi to utf-8 in Python 2 (you just use normal file objects):

with open(file_path_ansi, "r") as source:
    with open(file_path_utf8, "w") as target:
        target.write(source.read().decode("latin1").encode("utf8"))