[Python-Dev] os.path.getmtime on Windows (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sun Jan 15 22:32:01 CET 2006

Alexander Schremmer wrote:

There are several issues involved in implementing such a patch, though. One is that you need to do it twice: once for Win9x, and once for NT+, because you have to use Unicode file names on one system, and ANSI file names on the other. Right - the question would be whether completely breaking W9x support in the process would be acceptable. We use the very same binaries for W9x and NT. How about accessing/calling the wide char versions just if the OS is NT, i.e. compiling both versions into the dll and just using one?

Right. That's what I meant when I said: "you need to do it twice".

Looking at the file object, the open function uses "wfopen" which needs Windows NT according to the MSDN lib. So, how is 9x compat ensured here?

There is a GetVersion check in there; not sure how effective it is, though. However, if you pass byte strings, as the file name, _wfopen is not used.

Regards, Martin

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