On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:02:42 -0700 David Aguilar <dav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On python3, this still works for normal platforms, but on windows we > can't pass a list of byte strings. We have to pass a list of unicode > strings.
Windows native APIs are unicode-based. It is actually necessary to pass *unicode* strings, not byte strings, if you want your code to be correct in the face of non-ASCII characters. Under other platforms, when unicode strings are passed, Python will encode them using the platform's detected encoding. So, unless your platform is somehow misconfigured, passing unicode strings will also work correctly there. (note this is under Python 3) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
