2009/4/27 Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au>: > > PROPOSAL: add to the PEP the following functions: > > os.fsdecode(bytes) -> funny-encoded Unicode > This is what os.listdir() does to produce the strings it hands out. > os.fsencode(funny-string) -> bytes > This is what open(filename,..) does to turn the filename into bytes > for the POSIX open. > os.pathencode(your-string) -> funny-encoded-Unicode > This is what you must do to a de novo string to turn it into a > string suitable for use by open. > Importantly, for most strings not hand crafted to have weird > sequences in them, it is a no-op. But it will recode your puns > for survival. > > and for me, I would like to see: > > os.setfilesystemencoding(coding) > > Currently os.getfilesystemencoding() returns you the encoding based on > the current locale, and (I trust) the os.* stuff encodes on that basis. > setfilesystemencoding() would override that, unless coding==None in what > case it reverts to the former "use the user's current locale" behaviour. > (We have locale "C" for what one might otherwise expect None to mean:-)
Time machine! http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/sys.html#sys.setfilesystemencoding -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ 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
