#8133: Use appropriate Unicode decomposition on MacOS X platform.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imp.py b/Lib/test/test_imp.py
index 79b3e0f..b7b986b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_imp.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_imp.py
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@
'cp1258' : b'\xc0',
}
- special_char = known_locales.get(fs_encoding)
+ if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+ self.assertEqual(fs_encoding, 'utf-8')
+ # Mac OS X uses the Normal Form D decomposition
+ # http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/qa/qa2001/qa1173.html
+ special_char = b'a\xcc\x88'
+ else:
+ special_char = known_locales.get(fs_encoding)
+
if not special_char:
self.skipTest("can't run this test with %s as filesystem encoding"
% fs_encoding)