[Python-ideas] Fix default encodings on Windows

[Steve Dower]

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?