[Python-ideas] Fix default encodings on Windows

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/18/2016 1:39 PM, Steve Dower wrote:
> On 18Aug2016 1036, Terry Reedy wrote:
>> On 8/18/2016 11:25 AM, Steve Dower wrote:
>>
>>> In this case, we would announce in 3.6 that using bytes as paths on
>>> Windows is no longer deprecated,
>>
>> My understanding is the the first 2 fixes refine the deprecation rather
>> than reversing it.  And #3 simply applies it.
>
> #3 certainly just applies the deprecation.
>
> As for the first two, I don't see any reason to deprecate the
> functionality once the issues are resolved. If using utf-8 encoded bytes
> is going to work fine in all the same cases as using str, why discourage
> it?

As I understand it, you still proposing to remove the use of bytes 
encoded with anything other than utf-8 (and the corresponding *A 
internal functions) and in particular stop lossy path transformations. 
Am I wrong?

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Terry Jan Reedy