Index: tests/pybin/tools.py
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--- tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision eb67b47635ef70468037882e93204c4624478aec)
+++ tests/pybin/tools.py	(revision 09bbe7841288d33abb41ab7fe24ce076aeefae6a)
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@
 		return None
 
-	file = open(file, mode)
+	file = open(file, mode, encoding="latin-1") # use latin-1 so all chars mean something.
 	exitstack.push(file)
 	return file