MRAB <google <at> mrabarnett.plus.com> writes: > > I'd probably say that TAB is s reasonable character to use, even though > it's OK in POSIX; after all, should anyone really be using a control > character in a filename?
Even newline characters are valid characters in a filename. Why not go for the safe choice of encoding all filenames using e.g. urllib.quote()? (which has the advantage that usual filenames will stay perfectly readable) _______________________________________________ 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
