[Python-Dev] Bytes path support (original) (raw)

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Thu Aug 21 02:25:24 CEST 2014

On 08/20/2014 05:15 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

On 21 August 2014 09:33, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

On 08/20/2014 03:31 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

scandir is low level (the entire os module is low level). In fact, aside from pathlib, I'd consider pretty much every API we have that deals with paths to be low level - that's a large part of the reason we needed pathlib! If scandir is low-level, and the low-level API's are the ones that should support bytes paths, then scandir should support bytes paths. Is that what you meant to say? Yes. The discussions around PEP 471 deferred discussions of bytes and file descriptor support to their own RFEs (not needing a PEP), they didn't decide definitively not to support them. So Serhiy's thread is entirely pertinent to that question.

Thanks for clearing that up. I hate feeling confused. ;)

Note that adding bytes support still should not hold up the initial PEP 471 implementation - it should be done as a follow on RFE.

Agreed.

-- Ethan

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