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

[Chris Barker]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

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

Fair enough -- this is clearly a really raw API so far.

-CHB





>
> 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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