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<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Greetings!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although python has
had full unicode support for filenames for a long time on selected platforms
(e.g. Windows), there is one glaring deficiency: It cannot import from
paths containing unicode. I´ve tried creating folders with chinese
characters and adding them to path, to no avail.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>The standard install
path in chinese distributions can be with a non-ANSI path, and installing an
embedded python application there will break it. At the moment this is
hindering the installation of EVE on Chinese internet-cafés.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>A cursory glance at
import.c shows that the import mechanism is fairly complicated, and riddled with
"char *path" thingies, and manual string arithmetic. Do you have any
suggestions on a clean way to unicodify the import
mechanism?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>A completely
parallel implementation on the sys.path[i] level?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there other
platforms beside Windows that would profit from this?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=133555511-16062006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Kristján</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>