New submission from Laurent Mazuel:
Many methods which use path in Python now accept string or bytes in parameter
(e.g. all methods in os.path, the open method, etc.).
Actually, sometimes it is not possible to handle a file without using bytes
path. For example, path coded in another encoding system than the current
locale system (e.g. a Windows filename encoded in cp1252 against a Linux
utf-8 system).
Since zipfile.extractall uses path, it should accept bytes as path. Currently
it leads to an error:
File /usr/local/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py, line 1262, in _extract_member
targetpath = os.path.join(targetpath, arcname)
File /usr/local/lib/python3.3/posixpath.py, line 92, in join
components.) from None
TypeError: Can't mix strings and bytes in path components.
This bug is closely related to bug 20329 but is not the same (but maybe this
enhancement will create a good debate around bytes support in zipfile module
:-) )
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 212358
nosy: Laurent.Mazuel
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: zipfile.extractall should accept bytes path as parameter
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.3
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