From e18b82d996e442bbaee19b1016934fe33a89efa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:27:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] backport #19426

---
 Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py |  2 +-
 Misc/NEWS                | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py b/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py
index 2eae11b541..f6de4409dd 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/IOBinding.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def coding_spec(str):
     Raise LookupError if the encoding is declared but unknown.
     """
     # Only consider the first two lines
-    str = str.split("\n", 2)[:2]
+    lst = str.split("\n", 2)[:2]
     for line in lst:
         match = coding_re.match(line)
         if match is not None:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f1d5e213e8..66a0f3ed2c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 Python News
 +++++++++++
 
+Whats' New in Python 2.7.6?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: 2013-11-02*
+
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #19426: Fixed the opening of Python source file with specified encoding.
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.7.6 release candidate 1?
 ===============================================
 
-- 
2.50.1