[Python-Dev] Unicode Imports

[Steve Holden]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Nick Coghlan schrieb:
> 
>>So this is taking something that *already works properly on POSIX
>>systems* and making it work on Windows as well.
> 
> 
> I doubt it does without side effects. For example, an application that
> would go through sys.path, and encode everything with
> sys.getfilesystemencoding() currently works, but will break if the patch
> is applied and non-mbcs strings are put on sys.path.
> 
> Also, what will be the effect on __file__? What value will it have
> if the module originates from a sys.path entry that is a non-mbcs
> unicode string? I haven't tested the patch, but it looks like
> __file__ becomes a unicode string on Windows, and remains a byte
> string encoded with the file system encoding elsewhere. That's also
> a change in behavior.
> 
Just to summarise my feeling having read the words of those more 
familiar with the issues than me: it looks like this should be a 2.6 
enhancement if it's included at all. I'd like to see it go in, but there 
do seem to be problems ensuring consistent behaviour across inconsistent 
platforms.

regards
  Steve
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