Re: [Python-Dev] Bytes for the command line, process arguments and environment variables

2009-01-03 Thread Martin v. Löwis
> I don't have new solutions, it's just an email to restart the discussion > about > bytes ;-) Martin also asked for a PEP to change the posix module API to > support bytes. And I repeat this request: we don't need new discussions; we need a draft specification. Restarting discussion will just

[Python-Dev] Bytes for the command line, process arguments and environment variables

2009-01-02 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, Python 3.0 is released and supports unicode everywhere, great! But as pointed by different people, bytes are required on non-Windows OS for backward compatibility. This email is just a sum up all many issues/email threads. Problems with Python 3.0: (1) Invalid unicode string on the comman