mypy.api.run causes an EncodingWarning
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Description
import mypy.api
mypy.api.run([__file__])
$ PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=1 venv/bin/python sscce.py
/tmp/tmp.H5cwz0dU9s/sscce.py:3: EncodingWarning: 'encoding' argument not specified
mypy.api.run([__file__])
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Start at the mypy.api.run entry point and reproduce the report with PYTHONWARNDEFAULTENCODING=1 using the shown script. Trace which operation emits the warning, then verify that calling mypy.api.run no longer produces an EncodingWarning under that environment.
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- python
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- tooling
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