[Python-Dev] Defining a path protocol (was: When should pathlib stop being provisional?)

[Ethan Furman]

On 04/09/2016 12:07 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:
> os.DirEntry doesn't support bytes: os.scandir() only accept str. It's a
> deliberate choice.

3.5.0 scandir supports bytes:

--> huh = list(scandir(b'.'))
--> huh
[<DirEntry b'minicourse-ajax-project'>, <DirEntry b'js'>, <DirEntry 
b'__MACOSX'>, <DirEntry b'index.xaml'>, <DirEntry b'css'>, <DirEntry 
b'index.html'>]

--> huh[0].path
b'./minicourse-ajax-project'

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~Ethan~