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Re:The Python Unicode Mess by bartwe on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:16PM (#18155838)
Filenames are text if you ever want to let a user interact with them by name.
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Re:The Python Unicode Mess by ProblemFactory on Sunday October 07, 2018 @02:48AM (#18159184)
The two conditions

* OS treats filenames as bytes and allows arbitrary byte strings,

* Users want to edit filenames as text

are in conflict and you can't solve it without forcing some encoding or giving them a byte editor. The solution "filenames are bytes but we'll treat it as ASCII because 0x32-0x7E should be enough for anybody" is not acceptable for möst of thé wõrld.

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Re:The Python Unicode Mess by Sir_Cmpwn on Saturday October 06, 2018 @12:20PM (#18155850)
I addressed this in my original comment.
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