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Author	vstinner
Recipients	benjamin.peterson, gz, r.david.murray, vstinner
Date	2011-12-20.19:37:40
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Message-id	<1324409861.03.0.901067638959.issue13643@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> Currently when running Python on a non-OSX posix environment > under either the C locale, or with an invalid or missing locale, > it's not possible to operate using unicode filenames outside > the ascii range. It was already discussed: using a different encoding for filenames and for other things is really not a good idea. The main problem is the interaction with other programs. Read discussion of issues #8622, #8775 and #9992.

> Currently when running Python on a non-OSX posix environment
> under either the C locale, or with an invalid or missing locale,
> it's not possible to operate using unicode filenames outside
> the ascii range.

It was already discussed: using a different encoding for filenames and for other things is really not a good idea. The main problem is the interaction with other programs.

Read discussion of issues #8622, #8775 and #9992.

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