utf-8 in python source 14 Apr 2011 related: python , unicode , utf8 python3.2 allows utf-8 characters in symbol names. To use them, you must specify the coding of the source file: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 #!/usr/bin/env python3.2 # coding=utf-8 def ಠ_ಠ(err): raise Exception(err) ಠ_ಠ(“herp derp”)