[Python-Dev] Python-3.0, unicode, and os.environ

[Glenn Linderman]

On approximately 12/8/2008 9:30 AM, came the following characters from 
the keyboard of rdmurray at bitdance.com:

> If warnings were emitted, then files would not be silently ignored,
> yet the program could still be used.


Yep, this is sounding useful.


> PS: I'd like to see a similar warning issued when an access attempt
> is made through os.environ to a variable that cannot be decoded.


And argv ?  Seems like the warning technique could be useful for _any_ 
interface that has been traditionally bytes, because that's the kind of 
characters that were, but now should move to (Unicode) characters.

The warnings could be the same, or very similar.

The question is if one global control should handle all types of bytes 
problems, or if there should be individual controls for each bytes 
problem, or both.  I tend to believe in both; the paranoid can set 
exactly the ones they've coded for, the aggressive can set the global 
one.  In this manner, new cases can be added to the global settings over 
time, if more are discovered -- it should be documented to handle future 
similar issues in a similar manner.


-- 
Glenn -- http://nevcal.com/
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