fix: Always explicitly set encoding for text files (fixes #8263)

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
index d6f54e3..6e526f6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def parse_introspect_data(builddir: Path) -> T.Dict[str, T.List[dict]]:
     path_to_intro = builddir / 'meson-info' / 'intro-targets.json'
     if not path_to_intro.exists():
         raise MesonException(f'`{path_to_intro.name}` is missing! Directory is not configured yet?')
-    with path_to_intro.open() as f:
+    with path_to_intro.open(encoding='utf-8') as f:
         schema = json.load(f)
 
     parsed_data = defaultdict(list) # type: T.Dict[str, T.List[dict]]