[Python-Dev] Unicode strings as filenames (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:58:23 +0100

How is this exposed (if at all) to Python programmers? I happen to be developing on Linux, but the eventual delivery platform will be Windows. Is there no way to handle this in a cross-platform way?

Sure. Just pass Unicode strings to open(). Notice that this requires Python 2.2, and expect exceptions. If it fails, fallback are up to your application: it would be best to let the user know that the choice of file name was not sensible.

Regards, Martin