[Python-3000] os.stat() raises UnicodeDecodeError on Polish windows if file not exist

[Amaury Forgeot d'Arc]

Hello,
Christian Heimes wrote:
> Piotr Duda wrote:
> > In 3.0a1 on Polish winxp os.stat() raises UnicodeDecodeError (utf-8
> > codec can't decode ...) if file not exist, it is probably caused by
> > localized error messages returned by FormatMessage.
>
> On German Win XP, too

Would you please test with the following patch? it seems to correct
the problem on my French Windows XP.
Maybe we can have it corrected before a complete European tour...

-- 
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
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