Add os.path.supports_unicode_filenames for all platforms,
sys.getwindowsversion() on Windows (new enahanced Tim-proof <wink>
version), and fix test_pep277.py in a few minor ways.
Including doc and NEWS entries.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bc990e3..7ee918b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
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- Unicode file name processing for Windows (PEP 277) is implemented.
+ All platforms now have an os.path.supports_unicode_filenames attribute,
+ which is set to True on Windows NT/2000/XP, and False elsewhere.
- Codec error handling callbacks (PEP 293) are implemented.
Error handling in unicode.encode or str.decode can now be customized.
@@ -193,6 +195,10 @@
reliably) are also interrupted (as generally happens on for Linux/Unix.)
[SF bugs 231273, 439992 and 581232]
+- sys.getwindowsversion() has been added on Windows. This
+ returns a tuple with information about the version of Windows
+ currently running.
+
- Slices and repetitions of buffer objects now consistently return
a string. Formerly, strings would be returned most of the time,
but a buffer object would be returned when the repetition count