I work with python 2.4 on Win2000 Sp4.
I wrote a simple game with 2 modules, importing one into 
the other. In the imported module I wrote in the first line 
the coding: iso-8859-15. Starting the script from the first 
module the parser shows 'invalid syntax'. By inserting *1* 
space in a comment line the script works fine!
I reduced my scripts to the minimal lines, wich will 
reproduce the bug. (Actually the parser tells me, that the 
syntax error is in line 75 :-)
Changing the coding to iso-8859-1 will making the bug 
dissapear.