Patch #683592: unicode support for os.listdir()
os.listdir() may now return unicode strings on platforms that set
Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fa7ef5e..750b2c3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
Library
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-TBD
+- os.listdir() now returns Unicode strings on platforms that set
+ Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding, for file names that are not representable
+ in ASCII. (This currently only affects MacOS X; on Windows versions
+ with wide file name support os.listdir() already returned Unicode
+ strings.)
Tools/Demos
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@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@
Mac
---
+- os.listdir() now may return Unicode strings on MacOS X. See the general
+ news item under "Library".
+
- A new method MacOS.WMAvailable() returns true if it is safe to access
the window manager, false otherwise.