[New-bugs-announce] [issue27731] Opt-out of MAX_PATH on Windows 10

[Steve Dower]

New submission from Steve Dower:

According to https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx we can opt-out of MAX_PATH limitations on a selection of functions on the latest version of Windows 10. This will allow unprefixed paths (i.e. no "\\?\") to exceed 260 characters for many common functions.

I will enable this for Python 3.6.

----------
assignee: steve.dower
components: Windows
messages: 272385
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Opt-out of MAX_PATH on Windows 10
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6

_______________________________________
Python tracker <report at bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue27731>
_______________________________________