> Additionally: > > d) Over a socket (like the HTTP protocol) -> Bytes.
Sure. However, you can't really expect that the bytes you receive over the socket are a meaningful filename on your local Windows installation. So it would be a bug in the application to not decode the bytes that you receive before using them as a file name. In a well-specified network protocol, you would know the encoding of the bytes; IETF recommends to use UTF-8 for all new protocols. Using an UTF-8 string as a filename on Windows will create mojibake. 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
