[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 277: Unicode file name support for Windows NT, was PEP-time ? ...

[Neil Hodgson]

Martin v. Loewis:

> Most users will never notice
> any problem (except for Neil, who likes to put funny file names on his
> disk :-), so this is a typical 80-20 problem here (or maybe rather
> 99-1).

    While Martin is referring to the rarity of having non-native file names
on Windows 9x, the problem adressed by PEP 277 is real. Already this year,
there have been two enquiries [from Michael Ebert and Guenter Radestock] to
comp.lang.python about Unicode file name use on NT.

   Neil