def assert_encoding(self, first, second):
self.assertEqual(first.lower().split("<STR_LIT:->")[:-<NUM_LIT:1>], second.lower().split("<STR_LIT:->")[:-<NUM_LIT:1>])<EOL>
Assert encoding equality

        `iso-8859-1` should be detected as the same as `iso-8859-8`
        as described in <https://github.com/turicas/rows/issues/194>
        (affects Debian and Fedora packaging)