Bug: Tests fail: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte

[yurivict]

Describe the bug

Tests fail:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/pytest", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(console_main())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py", line 197, in console_main
    code = main()
           ^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/config/__init__.py", line 174, in main
    ret: Union[ExitCode, int] = config.hook.pytest_cmdline_main(
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513, in __call__
    return self._hookexec(self.name, self._hookimpls.copy(), kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120, in _hookexec
    return self._inner_hookexec(hook_name, methods, kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 139, in _multicall
    raise exception.with_traceback(exception.__traceback__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103, in _multicall
    res = hook_impl.function(*args)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 332, in pytest_cmdline_main
    return wrap_session(config, _main)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/main.py", line 320, in wrap_session
    config.hook.pytest_sessionfinish(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513, in __call__
    return self._hookexec(self.name, self._hookimpls.copy(), kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120, in _hookexec
    return self._inner_hookexec(hook_name, methods, kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 182, in _multicall
    return outcome.get_result()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_result.py", line 100, in get_result
    raise exc.with_traceback(exc.__traceback__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 167, in _multicall
    teardown.throw(outcome._exception)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/logging.py", line 871, in pytest_sessionfinish
    return (yield)
            ^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 169, in _multicall
    teardown.send(outcome._result)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/terminal.py", line 876, in pytest_sessionfinish
    self.config.hook.pytest_terminal_summary(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_hooks.py", line 513, in __call__
    return self._hookexec(self.name, self._hookimpls.copy(), kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_manager.py", line 120, in _hookexec
    return self._inner_hookexec(hook_name, methods, kwargs, firstresult)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 139, in _multicall
    raise exception.with_traceback(exception.__traceback__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 122, in _multicall
    teardown.throw(exception)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/terminal.py", line 898, in pytest_terminal_summary
    return (yield)
            ^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 122, in _multicall
    teardown.throw(exception)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/warnings.py", line 131, in pytest_terminal_summary
    return (yield)
            ^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pluggy/_callers.py", line 103, in _multicall
    res = hook_impl.function(*args)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_hypothesis_pytestplugin.py", line 390, in pytest_terminal_summary
    from hypothesis.internal.observability import _WROTE_TO
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py", line 178, in exec_module
    exec(co, module.__dict__)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/hypothesis/__init__.py", line 20, in <module>
    from hypothesis._settings import HealthCheck, Phase, Verbosity, settings
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py", line 169, in exec_module
    source_stat, co = _rewrite_test(fn, self.config)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/_pytest/assertion/rewrite.py", line 351, in _rewrite_test
    tree = ast.parse(source, filename=strfn)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/ast.py", line 50, in parse
    return compile(source, filename, mode, flags,
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
*** Error code 1

Steps to reproduce

tests via pytest

Expected behavior

n/a

StringZilla version

3.11.3

Operating System

FreeBSD 14.2

Hardware architecture

x86

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