[Python-Dev] PEP 277 (unicode filenames): please review

Matthias Urlichs smurf@noris.de
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:36:41 +0200


Guido:
>
>  My guess it's not his listdir() or filesystem, but the keyboard
>  driver.
>
No, it's MacOSX. It always uses the decomposed form.

That is very noticeable via NFS volumes where files with combined 
character names are unopenable from the GUI.
I've filed a bug report about that - i don't know whether OSX 10.2 
will allow NFC filenames, at least read-only.

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Matthias Urlichs