[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-767645 ] incorrect os.path.supports_unicode_filenames

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Bugs item #767645, was opened at 2003-07-08 02:42
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Just van Rossum (jvr)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: incorrect os.path.supports_unicode_filenames

Initial Comment:
At least on OSX, unicode file names are pretty much fully 
supported, yet os.path.supports_unicode_filenames is False 
(it comes from posixpath.py, which hard codes it). What 
would be a proper way to detect unicode filename support 
for posix platforms?

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>Comment By: Brett Cannon (bcannon)
Date: 2003-07-09 11:07

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What happens if you try to create a file using Unicode names?  
Could a test get the temp directory for the platform, write a file 
with Unicode in it, and then check for an error?  Or if it always 
succeeds, write it, and then see if the results match?

In other words, does writing Unicode to an ASCII file system ever 
lead to a mangling of the name?

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