On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:44:52 +0100 "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > > How do you support cross-platform code using bytes filenames? > > IIRC, it has already been argued that it was an important feature. Many > > filesystem-related utilities might prefer to handle filenames in bytes > > form. > > It would be a policy decision. However, I think it is hear-say that > filesystem-related utilities might prefer byte file names.
One possible situation is when you receive filenames in bytes form from an external API or tool (or even the contents of a file). If you don't know the encoding, keeping the bytes form is obviously recommended. I don't know how often this happens. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
