On Python 3, filesystem paths and sys.argv should use os.fsencode/os.fsdecode for encoding #3720

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itamarst · 2021-05-24T14:04:14Z

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2021-05-24 14:04:14 +00:00

Unicode filesystem paths and sys.argv should be encoded/decoded with os.fsencode/os.fsdecode in places where we have to do this explicitly on Python 3.

Not clear whether this is actually necessary, but worth noting.

Unicode filesystem paths and `sys.argv` should be encoded/decoded with `os.fsencode`/`os.fsdecode` in places where we have to do this explicitly on Python 3. Not clear whether this is actually necessary, but worth noting.

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itamarst added this to the Support Python 3 milestone 2021-05-24 14:04:14 +00:00

itamarst changed title from ~~On Python 3, filesystem paths should use os.fsencode/os.fsdecode for encoding~~ to On Python 3, filesystem paths and sys.argv should use os.fsencode/os.fsdecode for encoding