> Oh, ok. I had assumed Windows just uses a fixed encoding without the problem > of misencoded filenames.
It's the other way 'round: On Windows, Unicode file names are the natural choice, and byte strings have limitations. In a sense, Windows got it right - but then, they started later. Unix missed the opportunity of declaring that all file APIs are UTF-8 (except for Plan-9 and OS X, neither being "true" Unix). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
