[Python-Dev] PEP 529: Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8

[Guido van Rossum]

Please no. Let's not add unrelated new functionality in with this
already large change with not entirely understood consequences.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Chris Barker <chris.barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Random832 <random832 at fastmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> It means that the so-called "bash" on windows 10 is actually a full
>> Ubuntu system (running on, AIUI, a simulation of Linux kernel system
>> calls), which will presumably also have its own python installation and
>> use a UTF-8 locale, rather than one that runs "natively" on win32.
>
>
> yes -- it looks like one could run a "linux" build of python under the whole
> subsystem, which would presumably "look" jsu tlike LInux to Python.
>
>
>>
>> If it's possible for a win32 version of python to call it as a
>> subprocess,
>
>
> But this is what I was referring too -- it may be way to early to know what
> the capabilities or implications are, but I'm hoping that "regular" windows
> programs can interact with the subsystem. So if we're making changes now, it
> would be nice to consider it if we can.
>
>>
>> Incidentally, according to
>>
>> https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/2, pipes didn't work
>> at all between WSL processes and Win32 processes until two weeks ago, so
>> it's clear that these features are still evolving.
>
>
> so it may indeed be way to early -- but if they DO work now -- pretty cool!
>
> Thanks,
>
>    -CHB
>
>
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