[Python-Dev] Pathlib enhancements - acceptable inputs and outputs for __fspath__ and os.fspath()

[INADA Naoki]

Sorry, I've forgot to use "Reply All".

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:49 AM, INADA Naoki <songofacandy at gmail.com> wrote:

> IHMO it's safer to get an encoding error rather than no error when you
>> concatenate two byte strings encoded to two different encodings (mojibake).
>>
>> print(os.fspath(obj)) will more likely do what you expect if os.fspath()
>> always return str. I mean that it will encode your filename to the encoding
>> of the terminal which can be different than the filesystem encoding.
>>
>> If fspath() can return bytes, you should write
>> print(os.fsdecode(os.fspath(obj))).
>>
>>
> Why not print(obj)?
> str() is normal high-level API, and __fspath__ and os.fspath() should be
> low level API.
> Normal users shouldn't use __fspath__ and os.fspath().  Only library
> developers should use it.
>
> --
> INADA Naoki  <songofacandy at gmail.com>
>

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INADA Naoki  <songofacandy at gmail.com>
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