how to solve the syntax error in beautifulsoup

[anbujeremiah]

in beautifulsoup.p y file, the following error occurs,

if not : self.originalEn coding = None
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

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in above code, how to solve the syntax error...

[Glenton]

if not : self.originalEncoding = None

is not valid syntax.

Find the line and change it. I'm a little unclear what you intended by the line. Maybe if you could post more of the surrounding code and your intention behind it.