[Python-Dev] Bytes path support

[Greg Ewing]

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> I think if you want low-level features (such as unconverted bytes paths 
> under POSIX), it is reasonable to point you to low-level APIs.

The problem with scandir() in particular is that there is
currently *no* low-level API exposed that gives the same
functionality.

If scandir() is not to support bytes paths, I'd suggest
exposing the opendir() and readdir() system calls with
bytes path support.

-- 
Greg