[issue1552880] [Python2] Use utf-8 in the import machinery on Windows to support unicode paths

[Kristján Valur Jónsson]

Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com> added the comment:

Well, it was, originally, but it met with so little interest that I couldn't be bothered to polish it to inclusion standards.  Anyway, there was the incompatibility problem of what to do with the __file__ attribute, and the fact that the patch was Windows only.

Do we have a place where we can put in working patches for people to use at their own risk, without going through all the hoops of a successful python.org checkin?

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