> Has it been decided how Python 3.0 will implement os.listdir on Unix? > Will there be only a single attempt to encode using the current locale > or will there be a backup technique?
That's what it currently does. > I'd probably define an optional > encoding parameter so you can ask for os.listdir(encoding="iso-8859-1") > although that then propagates into open, ... I had the same idea, and I think that parameter should be added. For open(), I think we should continue to accept byte strings as file names. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
