Fixed issue writing out UTF-8 encoded JSON

Author: DavidWhittingham

arcpyext/_version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.35"
+__version__ = "0.7.36"
 __author__ = "David Whittingham; David Payne; Adam Kerz; Peter Reyne; Daniel Baternik; Chris Blanchfield; Gary Bagnall"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright (C) 2013-2024 David Whittingham"

arcpyext/mapping/_mapping3.py

@@ -213,10 +213,9 @@ def register_xml_namespaces(filename):
                             mapx_modified = True
 
         if mapx_modified:
-            with arc_file.open("w") as output_file_handle:
+            with arc_file.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as output_file_handle:
                 output_file_handle.write(
-                    json.dumps(map_json, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '),
-                               ensure_ascii=False).encode("UTF-8").decode("UTF-8")
+                    json.dumps(map_json, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '), ensure_ascii=False)
                 )