Could we perhaps redefine bytes paths on Windows as utf8 and use Unicode everywhere internally?
I really don't like the idea of not being able to use bytes in cross platform code. Unless it's become feasible to use Unicode for lossless filenames on Linux - last I heard it wasn't. Top-posted from my Windows Phone -----Original Message----- From: "Victor Stinner" <victor.stin...@gmail.com> Sent: 2/9/2016 5:05 To: "Paul Moore" <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> Cc: "Python Dev" <Python-Dev@python.org> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Windows: Remove support of bytes filenames in theos module? 2016-02-08 19:26 GMT+01:00 Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com>: > On 8 February 2016 at 14:32, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Since 3.3, functions of the os module started to emit >> DeprecationWarning when called with bytes filenames. > > Everywhere? Or just on Windows? I can't tell from your email and I > don't have a Unix system to hand to check. I propose to only drop support for bytes filenames on Windows. Victor _______________________________________________ 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/steve.dower%40python.org
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