Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Victor Stinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> - listdir(unicode) -> only unicode, *skip* invalid filenames > >> (as asked by Guido) > > > > Is there an option listdir(bytes) which will return *all* filenames (as > > byte sequences)? Otherwise, this seems troubling to me; *something* > > should be returned for filenames which can't be represented, even if > > it's only None. > > Yes, os.listdir() becomes polymorphic -- if you pass it a pathname in > bytes the output is in bytes and it will return everything exactly as > the underlying syscall returns it to you.
What about everything else? For instance, if I call os.path.join(<bytes>, <bytes>), I presume I get back a <bytes> which can be passed to os.listdir() to retrieve the contents of that directory. Bill _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
