[New-bugs-announce] [issue37412] os.getcwdb() doesn't implement PEP 528 (UTF-8) on Windows

[STINNER Victor]

New submission from STINNER Victor <vstinner at redhat.com>:

On Windows, os.getcwdb() is implemented using getcwd() on Windows. This function uses the ANSI code page, whereas PEP 529 "Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8" is supposed to use UTF-8 for all bytes paths and filenames. Moreover, this function emits a DeprecationWarning, whereas PEP 529 was supposed to avoid the need to deprecated bytes paths and filenames on Windows.

I guess that it was forgotten in the implementation of the PEP 529. Or was it a deliberate choice?

Attached PR modify os.getcwdb() to use UTF-8.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 346620
nosy: steve.dower, vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.getcwdb() doesn't implement PEP 528 (UTF-8) on Windows
versions: Python 3.9

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