New submission from Laurent Mazuel: Many methods which use path in Python now accept string or bytes in parameter (e.g. all methods in "os.path", the "open" method, etc.).
Actually, sometimes it is not possible to handle a file without using bytes path. For example, path coded in another encoding system than the current locale system (e.g. a Windows filename encoded in "cp1252" against a Linux "utf-8" system). Since "zipfile.extractall" uses path, it should accept bytes as path. Currently it leads to an error: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1262, in _extract_member targetpath = os.path.join(targetpath, arcname) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.3/posixpath.py", line 92, in join "components.") from None TypeError: Can't mix strings and bytes in path components. This bug is closely related to bug 20329 but is not the same (but maybe this enhancement will create a good debate around bytes support in zipfile module :-) ) ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 212358 nosy: Laurent.Mazuel priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: zipfile.extractall should accept bytes path as parameter type: enhancement versions: Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue20797> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com