[Python-3000] New proposition for Python3 bytes filename issue

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Sep 30 23:42:19 CEST 2008


> Oh, ok. I had assumed Windows just uses a fixed encoding without the problem
> of misencoded filenames.

It's the other way 'round: On Windows, Unicode file names are the
natural choice, and byte strings have limitations. In a sense, Windows
got it right - but then, they started later. Unix missed the opportunity
of declaring that all file APIs are UTF-8 (except for Plan-9 and OS X,
neither being "true" Unix).

Regards,
Martin


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