Am 12.04.2013 14:43, schrieb Ronald Oussoren: > At least for OSX the kernel will normalize names for you, at least for HFS+, > and therefore two names that don't compare equal with '==' can refer to the > same file (for example the NFKD and NFKC forms of Löwe). > > Isn't unicode fun :-)
Seriously, the OSX kernel normalizes unicode forms? It's a cool feature and makes sense for the user's POV but ... WTF? Perhaps we should use the platform's API for the job. Does OSX offer an API function to create a case folded and canonical form of a path? Windows has PathCchCanonicalizeEx(). Christian _______________________________________________ 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
