[issue3187] os.listdir can return byte strings
Antoine Pitrou
report at bugs.python.org
Thu Aug 21 14:55:43 CEST 2008
Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:
> * bytes parent class "class Filename(bytes): ..." -> that's the
> current implementation
I don't think that makes sense (especially under Windows which has Unicode file
APIs). os.listdir() and friends should really return str or str-like objects,
not bytes-like objects with an additional __str__ method.
> * str parent class "class Filename(str): ..." -> doesn't work because
> os functions uses the fake unicode filename before testing the bytes
> (real) filename
Well, of course, if we create a filename type, then all os functions must be
adapted to accept it rather than assume str.
All this is highly speculative of course, and if we really follow this course
(i.e. create a filename type) it should probably be postponed to 3.1: too many
changes with far-reaching consequences.
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