[Python-Dev] PEP 383: Non-decodable Bytes in System Character Interfaces

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

James Y Knight writes:

 > in python. It seems like the most common reason why people want to use  
 > SJIS is to make old pre-unicode apps work right in WINE -- in which  
 > case it doesn't actually affect unix python at all.

Mounting external drives, especially USB memory sticks which tend to
be FAT-initialized by the manufacturers, is another common case.

But I don't understand why PEP 383 needs to care at all.