[issue13247] os.path.abspath returns unicode paths as question marks

[Atsuo Ishimoto]

Atsuo Ishimoto <ishimoto at gembook.org> added the comment:

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:12 AM, STINNER Victor <report at bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:
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> Le 26/10/2011 01:32, Atsuo Ishimoto a écrit :
>> - I don't think filenames cannot be decoded in ANSI code page are rare enough to be ignored.
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> The issue is able being able to be noticied of encoding errors.

This patch solve nothing, but just raises exception. It can break
existing codes. Also, I don't think it worth to add weired behavior to
Python std lib. I'll be surprised if *Byte* API raised an
UnicodeEncodeError.

> Anyway, you must use the Unicode API on Windows. If you use the Unicode
> API, filenames are no more encoded and code pages are no more used, so
> bye bye Unicode errors!
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Agreed. So I would like to suggest not to adding unnecessary
complexity to the Byte API.

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