[ python-Bugs-1306484 ] compile() converts "filename" parameter to StringType

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Bugs item #1306484, was opened at 2005-09-28 06:49
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Vágvölgyi Attila (wigy)
>Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: compile() converts "filename" parameter to StringType

Initial Comment:
The builtin compile() signature looks like:

  compile(string, filename, kind[, flags[, dont_inherit]])

The string parameter can be either StringType or
UnicodeType, but the filename parameter will be
converted to StringType, so if there are non-ascii
characters in the unicode object passed, it raises
UnicodeEncodeError.

This can be an issue on filesystems having utf-8
filenames, or when using non-English names for the
backtrace beautification.

The attached file contains a unit test that will
succeed when the bug is resolved. I saw the error in
2.3 and 2.4, maybe it is there for all releases?

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>Comment By: Reinhold Birkenfeld (birkenfeld)
Date: 2005-09-28 14:54

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Should compile() use the Py_FileSystemEncoding?

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