Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

[Alec Taylor]

I can confirm that os.mkdir('C:\\h') and os.path.exists('C:\\h') work
on Windows 8 Dev x64.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2011.09.19 09:00 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:
>> You said "the application does not create an app folder in the user's
>> 'application data' directory" -- what does this mean, or rather, what
>> is the specific folder you're expecting to have? If Python can't
>> create the directory but you can do it manually, there may be some
>> permission or access differences new to Windows 8. What does "echo
>> %APPDATA%" give you?
> I booted up the Win8 dev preview in a VM and os.environ['appdata'] gives
> me the same result it would for Windows 7. Perhaps the problem lies in
> the os.path.exists() call (that is, Win8 and Win7 react differently to
> this call). I personally would try to create the directory and then
> catch either a WindowsError (error 183) or an OSError (error 17) if the
> directory already exists. I might play around with this later and post
> some results.
>
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