[New-bugs-announce] [issue16700] Document that bytes OS API can returns unusable results on Windows

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

Some OS functions which returns bytes (os.environb, os.getenvb(), os.getcwdb(), os.listdir(), os.readlink(), os.walk(), os.path.abspath(), os.path.expanduser(), os.path.expandvars(), os.path.realpath() and may be other) can return unusable result on Windows (see for example issue13247 and issue16656). The documentation should contains strong warnings about this.

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation, Windows
messages: 177613
nosy: docs at python, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Document that bytes OS API can returns unusable results on Windows
type: enhancement
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4

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