[Python-Dev] Adding the 'path' module (was Re: Some RFE for review)

[Neil Hodgson]

M.-A. Lemburg:

> I don't really buy this "trick": what if you happen to have
> a home directory with Unicode characters in it ?

   Most people choose account names and thus home directory names that
are compatible with their preferred locale settings: German users are
unlikely to choose an account name that uses Japanese characters.
Unicode is only necessary for file names that are outside your default
locale. An administration utility may need to visit multiple user's
home directories and so is more likely to encounter files with names
that can not be represented in its default locale.

   I think it would be better if sys.path could include unicode
entries but expect the code will rarely be exercised.

   Neil